Cindy Hyde-Smith won with 53.6% of the vote (486,769 votes), ahead of Mike Espy with 46.4% (420,819 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 7.3 percentage points (65,950 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 7.3 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 14.7 points toward Democrats.
907,588 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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