Steve Daines won with 55.0% of the vote (333,174 votes), ahead of Steve Bullock with 45.0% (272,463 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 10.0 percentage points (60,711 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 10.0 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 13.6 points toward Republicans. The winning party changed.
605,637 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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