Heidi Heitkamp won with 50.2% of the vote (161,337 votes), ahead of Rick Berg with 49.3% (158,401 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 0.9 percentage points (2,936 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 0.9 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 54.9 points toward Democrats. The winning party changed.
321,144 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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