Sheldon Whitehouse won with 59.9% of the vote (294,665 votes), ahead of Patricia Morgan with 39.9% (196,039 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 20.0 percentage points (98,626 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 20.0 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 13.1 points toward Republicans.
491,948 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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