Timothy M. Kaine won with 52.9% of the vote (2,010,067 votes), ahead of George F. Allen with 47.0% (1,785,542 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 5.9 percentage points (224,525 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 5.9 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 25.4 points toward Republicans.
3,802,196 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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