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1984 Senate elections · Montana history

Montana U.S. Senate election 1984

Max Baucus DEM +16.2 · Class II seat · held 11/6/84

Votes counted
379,155
Margin
16.2 pts
Seat held by
Democraticheld
President in MT
R+22.3same year

General election 11/6/84

CandidatePartyVotesShareBar
Max Baucus WonDEM215,70456.89%
Chuck CozzensREP154,30840.70%
Neil HalprinLIB9,1432.41%
Total379,155

Official source: data

Other Montana Senate races

YearSeatWinnerMargin
2024Class ITim Sheehy7.1
2020Class IISteve Daines10.0
2018Class IJon Tester3.6
2014Class IISteve Daines17.7
2012Class IJon Tester3.7
2008Class IIMax Baucus45.8
2006Class IJon Tester0.9
2002Class IIMax Baucus31.0
2000Class IConrad Burns3.3
1996Class IIMax Baucus4.9
1994Class IConrad Burns24.7
1990Class IIMax Baucus38.8

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Questions and answers

Who won the 1984 Montana Senate race?

Max Baucus (DEM) won with 56.9% of the vote, ahead of Chuck Cozzens (40.7%), a margin of 16.2 points.

Did the Montana Senate seat change party in 1984?

No. The Democratic Party held it.

How many votes were cast in the 1984 Montana Senate race?

379,155 votes were counted for the candidates in the general election.

Compiled by FiveThirtyEight from the official source linked above.