1978 United States Senate election in Montana

none March 2026 September 2017 1978 United States Senate election in Montana Montana 1905 presidential no 1972 United States Senate election in Montana 1972 1984 United States Senate election in Montana 1984 November 7, 1978 150x150px Max Baucus 1977 Congressional photo.jpg Max Baucus Democratic Party (United States) 160,353 55.69% 3x4.svg Larry R. Williams Republican Party (United States) 127,589 44.31% 1978 United States Senate election in Montana results map by county.svg 300px County resultsBaucus: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80%Williams: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% U.S. Senator Paul G. Hatfield Democratic Party (United States) Max Baucus Democratic Party (United States) The 1978 United States Senate election in Montana took place on November 7, 1978. Following the death of United States Senator Lee Metcalf on January 12, 1978, Montana Supreme Court Chief Justice Paul G. Hatfield was appointed to serve for the remainder of Metcalf's term. Hatfield opted to run for a full term, but was overwhelmingly defeated in the Democratic primary by U.S. Representative Max Baucus of the 1st congressional district. Baucus advanced to the general election, where he was opposed by the Republican nominee, author Larry R. Williams. Baucus ended up defeating Williams by a solid margin to win his first term in the Senate, and, following Hatfield's resignation on December 12, 1978, he began serving his first term in the Senate.May 2024 Despite the death of Metcalf, this was not a special election, as one for the year 1978 was already planned as a normal Senate election. Democratic primary Candidates Max Baucus, U.S. Representative from Montana's 1st congressional district Paul G. Hatfield, incumbent U.S. Senator John Driscoll, former Speaker of the Montana House of Representatives Steve Shugrue Results Democratic Party primary resultshttps://archive.org/stream/primaryofficial1978montrich#page/n1/mode/2up Report of the Official Canvass of the Vote Cast at the Primary Election Held in the State of Montana, June 6, 1978 Montana Secretary of State July 2, 2014 Max Baucus Democratic Party (United States) 87,085 65.25% Paul G. Hatfield (incumbent) Democratic Party (United States) 25,789 19.32% John Driscoll Democratic Party (United States) 18,184 13.62% Steve Shugrue Democratic Party (United States) 2,404 1.80% 133,462 100.00% Republican primary Candidates Larry R. Williams, author Bill Osborne Clancy Rich Results Republican Primary results Larry R. Williams Republican Party (United States) 35,479 61.66% Bill Osborne Republican Party (United States) 16,436 28.57% Clancy Rich Republican Party (United States) 5,622 9.77% 57,537 100.00% General election Results United States Senate election in Montana, 1978http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1978election.pdf Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 1978 Clerk of the United States House of Representatives July 2, 2014 Democratic Party (United States) Max Baucus 160,353 55.69% +3.74% Republican Party (United States) Larry R. Williams 127,589 44.31% -3.74% 32,764 11.38% +7.48% 287,942 Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) See also 1978 United States Senate elections References Montana 1978 Category:1978 Montana elections