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:
1894 Wyoming gubernatorial election
Table title:
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></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Republican </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > William A. Richards </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 10,149 </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 52.61% </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Democratic </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > William H. Holliday </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 6,965 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 36.11% </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Populist </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Lewis C. Tidball </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 2,176 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 11.28% </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=3 rowspan=1 > Total votes </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 19,290 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 100% </td></tr>
</table>
Question:
What percentage of votes did William A. Richards beat William H. Holliday by in the 1894 Wyoming gubernatorial election?
Answer:
Republican candidate William A. Richards, receiving 52.61% of the vote, defeated the Democrat William H. Holliday.