Thom Tillis won with 48.7% of the vote (2,665,598 votes), ahead of Cal Cunningham with 46.9% (2,569,965 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 1.7 percentage points (95,633 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 1.7 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 3.9 points toward Democrats.
5,474,952 votes were counted in this race, for 4 candidates or options.
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