Max Baucus won with 55.7% of the vote (160,353 votes), ahead of Larry Williams with 44.3% (127,589 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 11.4 percentage points (32,764 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 11.4 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 16.9 points toward Republicans.
287,942 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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