Pete Ricketts won with 62.6% of the vote (585,103 votes), ahead of Preston Love Jr. with 37.4% (349,902 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 25.2 percentage points (235,201 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 25.2 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 13.2 points toward Democrats.
935,005 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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