Kelly Ayotte won with 53.6% of the vote (436,122 votes), ahead of Joyce Craig with 44.3% (360,149 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 9.3 percentage points (75,973 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 9.3 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 6.2 points toward Democrats.
813,497 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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