Tim Scott won with 60.6% of the vote (1,241,609 votes), ahead of Thomas Dixon with 36.9% (757,022 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 23.6 percentage points (484,587 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 23.6 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 8.2 points toward Republicans.
2,049,893 votes were counted in this race, for 4 candidates or options.
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