Max Baucus won with 72.9% of the vote (348,289 votes), ahead of Bob Kelleher with 27.1% (129,369 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 45.8 percentage points (218,920 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 45.8 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 45.0 points toward Democrats.
477,658 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
More races: all races, candidates and analysis.