Johnny Isakson won with 54.8% of the vote (2,135,806 votes), ahead of Jim Barksdale with 41.0% (1,599,726 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 13.8 percentage points (536,080 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 13.8 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 6.1 points toward Republicans.
3,898,605 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
More races: all races, candidates and analysis.