Please read the following table in HTML format from a webpage and then answer the question in detail according to the table. Each table cell is defined by a <td> and a </td> tag. Each table row starts with a <tr> and ends with a </tr> tag. 'rowspan=m' and 'colspan=n' represents a cell spaning over 'm' rows and 'n' columns.

Webpage title:
Texas's 21st congressional district
Table title:
Election results
Table:
<table id='hittask' contenteditable='False'>
<tr> <th colspan=2 rowspan=1 > Party </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Candidate </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Votes </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > % </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > ± </th></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Republican </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Lamar Smith </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 169,924 </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 68.9 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 11.09 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Democratic </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Lainey Melnick </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 65,834 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 27.9 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > +3.39 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Libertarian </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > James Arthur Strohm </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 7,687 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 3.3 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 16.7 </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=3 rowspan=1 > Majority </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 96929 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=3 rowspan=1 > Turnout </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 236,284 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=2 rowspan=1 > Republican hold </td><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Swing </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
</table>
Question:
How close was Texas' 21st congressional district election?
Answer:
In the Texas's 21st congressional district election, Lamar Smith defeated Lainey Melnick with 68.9 percent of the vote, with a majority of 96929 votes.