Jr. Angus S. King won with 54.3% of the vote (344,575 votes), ahead of Eric L. Brakey with 35.2% (223,502 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 19.1 percentage points (121,073 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 24.8 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 11.4 points toward Democrats. The winning party changed.
634,409 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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