John Boozman won with 57.9% of the vote (451,618 votes), ahead of Blanche L. Lincoln with 37.0% (288,156 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 21.0 percentage points (163,462 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 21.0 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 100.5 points toward Republicans. The winning party changed.
779,957 votes were counted in this race, for 5 candidates or options.
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