Richard J. Durbin won with 54.9% of the vote (3,278,930 votes), ahead of Mark C. Curran Jr. with 38.9% (2,319,870 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 16.1 percentage points (959,060 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 16.1 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 1.0 points toward Democrats.
5,968,901 votes were counted in this race, for 8 candidates or options.
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