Alex Padilla won with 60.9% of the vote (6,559,308 votes), ahead of Mark P. Meuser with 39.1% (4,212,450 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 21.8 percentage points (2,346,858 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 21.8 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 78.2 points toward Republicans.
10,771,758 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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