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:
Ryan Watts (politician)
Table title:
Electoral history
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 colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Republican </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Mark Walker </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 159,651 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 56.62 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Democratic </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Ryan Watts </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 122,323 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 43.38 </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=3 rowspan=1 > Total votes </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 281,974 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 100 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=5 rowspan=1 > Republican hold </td></tr>
</table>
Question:
What was the outcome of the election for Ryan Watts?
Answer:
Receiving 122,323 votes, Watts lost the election to Walker, who took in 159,651.