Thad Cochran won with 59.9% of the vote (378,481 votes), ahead of Travis W. Childers with 37.9% (239,439 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 22.0 percentage points (139,042 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 22.0 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 5.4 points toward Republicans.
631,858 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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