Todd C. Young won with 52.1% of the vote (1,423,991 votes), ahead of Evan Bayh with 42.4% (1,158,947 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 9.7 percentage points (265,044 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 9.7 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 15.5 points toward Republicans. The winning party changed.
2,732,546 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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