Kelly Ayotte won with 60.1% of the vote (273,218 votes), ahead of Paul W. Hodes with 36.9% (167,545 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 23.2 percentage points (105,673 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 23.2 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 29.6 points toward Republicans. The winning party changed.
454,710 votes were counted in this race, for 4 candidates or options.
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