Ben R. Lujan won with 51.7% of the vote (474,483 votes), ahead of Mark V Ronchetti with 45.6% (418,483 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 6.1 percentage points (56,000 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 6.1 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 17.5 points toward Republicans.
917,237 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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