Sheldon Whitehouse won with 64.8% of the vote (271,034 votes), ahead of Benjamin Barrett Hinckley III with 35.0% (146,222 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 29.8 percentage points (124,812 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 29.8 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 16.8 points toward Republicans.
418,189 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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