Ted Cruz won with 56.5% of the vote (4,440,137 votes), ahead of Paul Sadler with 40.6% (3,194,927 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 15.8 percentage points (1,245,210 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 15.8 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 3.9 points toward Republicans.
7,864,822 votes were counted in this race, for 4 candidates or options.
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