Richard Burr won with 54.8% of the vote (1,458,046 votes), ahead of Elaine Marshall with 43.0% (1,145,074 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 11.8 percentage points (312,972 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 11.8 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 20.2 points toward Republicans. The winning party changed.
2,660,079 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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