Cindy Hyde-Smith won with 54.1% of the vote (709,511 votes), ahead of Mike Espy with 44.1% (578,691 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 10.0 percentage points (130,820 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 10.0 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 9.7 points toward Democrats.
1,311,354 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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