John Cornyn won with 54.8% of the vote (4,337,469 votes), ahead of Richard J. \Rick\ with 42.8% (3,389,365 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 12.0 percentage points (948,104 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 12.0 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 13.7 points toward Democrats.
7,912,075 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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