Max Baucus won with 62.7% of the vote (204,853 votes), ahead of Mike Taylor with 31.7% (103,611 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 31.0 percentage points (101,242 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 31.0 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 34.3 points toward Democrats. The winning party changed.
326,537 votes were counted in this race, for 4 candidates or options.
More races: all races, candidates and analysis.