John Hoeven won with 78.5% of the vote (268,788 votes), ahead of Eliot Glassheim with 17.0% (58,116 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 61.5 percentage points (210,672 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 61.5 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 62.4 points toward Republicans. The winning party changed.
342,501 votes were counted in this race, for 4 candidates or options.
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