James E. Risch won with 65.3% of the vote (285,596 votes), ahead of Nels Mitchell with 34.7% (151,574 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 30.7 percentage points (134,022 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 30.7 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 15.6 points toward Democrats.
437,170 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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