Bill Nelson won with 55.2% of the vote (4,523,451 votes), ahead of Connie Mack with 42.2% (3,458,267 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 13.0 percentage points (1,065,184 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 13.0 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 41.7 points toward Democrats. The winning party changed.
8,189,946 votes were counted in this race, for 5 candidates or options.
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