Lamar Alexander won with 65.1% of the vote (1,579,477 votes), ahead of Robert D. Tuke with 31.6% (767,236 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 33.5 percentage points (812,241 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 33.5 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 30.8 points toward Republicans.
2,424,585 votes were counted in this race, for 8 candidates or options.
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