Max Baucus won with 56.9% of the vote (215,704 votes), ahead of Chuck Cozzens with 40.7% (154,308 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 16.2 percentage points (61,396 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 16.2 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 3.4 points toward Democrats.
379,155 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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