Roger F. Wicker won with 57.2% of the vote (709,626 votes), ahead of Jr. Albert N. Gore with 40.5% (503,467 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 16.6 percentage points (206,159 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 16.6 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 6.3 points toward Democrats.
1,241,568 votes were counted in this race, for 4 candidates or options.
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