Sheldon Whitehouse won with 61.4% of the vote (231,477 votes), ahead of Jr. Robert G. Flanders with 38.3% (144,421 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 23.1 percentage points (87,056 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 23.1 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 18.2 points toward Republicans.
376,738 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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