Ted Budd won with 50.5% of the vote (1,905,786 votes), ahead of Cheri Beasley with 47.3% (1,784,049 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 3.2 percentage points (121,737 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 3.2 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 1.5 points toward Republicans.
3,773,924 votes were counted in this race, for 5 candidates or options.
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