Kevin Cramer won with 55.1% of the vote (179,720 votes), ahead of Heidi Heitkamp with 44.3% (144,376 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 10.8 percentage points (35,344 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 10.8 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 50.7 points toward Democrats.
326,138 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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