Marsha Blackburn won with 54.7% of the vote (1,227,483 votes), ahead of Phil Bredesen with 43.9% (985,450 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 10.8 percentage points (242,033 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 19.2 points toward Democrats.
2,243,740 votes were counted in this race, for 8 candidates or options.
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