Angus S. King Jr. won with 52.1% of the vote (427,570 votes), ahead of Demi Kouzounas with 34.6% (284,434 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 17.4 percentage points (143,136 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 23.8 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 15.2 points toward Republicans. The winning party changed.
821,072 votes were counted in this race, for 4 candidates or options.
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