John Hoeven won with 76.2% of the vote (181,689 votes), ahead of Tracy Potter with 22.2% (52,955 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 54.0 percentage points (128,734 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 54.0 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 93.3 points toward Republicans. The winning party changed.
238,534 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
More races: all races, candidates and analysis.