Barbara Boxer won with 52.2% of the vote (5,218,441 votes), ahead of Carly Fiorina with 42.2% (4,217,366 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 10.0 percentage points (1,001,075 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 10.0 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 14.4 points toward Republicans.
10,000,160 votes were counted in this race, for 6 candidates or options.
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