Jim Demint won with 61.5% of the vote (810,771 votes), ahead of Alvin M. Greene with 27.6% (364,598 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 33.8 percentage points (446,173 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 33.8 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 18.6 points toward Republicans.
1,318,794 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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