Richard C. Shelby won with 65.2% of the vote (968,181 votes), ahead of William G. Barnes with 34.7% (515,619 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 30.5 percentage points (452,562 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 30.5 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 3.6 points toward Republicans.
1,485,499 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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