Alex Padilla won with 61.1% of the vote (6,621,621 votes), ahead of Mark P. Meuser with 38.9% (4,222,029 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 22.1 percentage points (2,399,592 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 22.1 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 77.9 points toward Republicans.
10,843,650 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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