Josh Hawley won with 51.4% of the vote (1,254,927 votes), ahead of Claire McCaskill with 45.6% (1,112,935 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 5.8 percentage points (141,992 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 5.8 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 3.0 points toward Republicans.
2,442,289 votes were counted in this race, for 5 candidates or options.
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