Eric Holcomb won with 48.0% of the vote (1,295,768 votes), ahead of John Gregg with 43.3% (1,169,831 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 4.7 percentage points (125,937 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 5.8 points.
2,702,111 votes were counted in this race, for 6 candidates or options.
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