Richard Burr won with 51.1% of the vote (2,395,376 votes), ahead of Deborah K. Ross with 45.4% (2,128,165 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 5.7 percentage points (267,211 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 5.7 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 4.1 points toward Republicans.
4,691,133 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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