David Vitter won with 56.6% of the vote (715,415 votes), ahead of \Charlie\ with 37.7% (476,572 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 18.9 percentage points (238,843 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 18.9 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 25.3 points toward Republicans. The winning party changed.
1,264,994 votes were counted in this race, for 12 candidates or options.
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