Lamar Alexander won with 61.9% of the vote (850,087 votes), ahead of Gordon Ball with 31.9% (437,848 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 30.0 percentage points (412,239 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 30.0 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 4.5 points toward Democrats.
1,374,065 votes were counted in this race, for 12 candidates or options.
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