Richard C. Shelby won with 64.0% of the vote (1,335,104 votes), ahead of Ron Crumpton with 35.9% (748,709 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 28.1 percentage points (586,395 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 28.1 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 69.2 points toward Democrats.
2,087,444 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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