John Cornyn won with 53.5% of the vote (5,962,983 votes), ahead of Mary \Mj\ with 43.9% (4,888,764 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 9.6 percentage points (1,074,219 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 9.6 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 7.1 points toward Republicans.
11,144,040 votes were counted in this race, for 5 candidates or options.
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