United States Senate election in Montana, 1988

November 8, 1988



Nominee	Conrad Burns	John Melcher
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	189,445	175,809
Percentage	51.87%	48.13%

County Results

Senator before election

John Melcher
Democratic

Elected Senator

Conrad Burns
Republican

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The 1988 United States Senate election in Montana took place on November 8, 1988. Incumbent United States Senator John Melcher, who was first elected to the Senate in 1976 and was re-elected in 1982, ran for re-election. After winning the Democratic primary, he faced Yellowstone County Commissioner Conrad Burns in the general election, and a grueling campaign followed. Ultimately, Melcher was narrowly defeated in his bid for re-election by Burns.

Democratic primary

Candidates

John Melcher, incumbent United States Senator
Bob Kelleher, perennial candidate

Results

Democratic Party primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jack Melcher (inc.)	88,457	74.54
	Democratic	Bob Kelleher	30,212	25.46
Total votes			118,669	100.00

Republican primary

Candidates

Conrad Burns, Yellowstone County Commissioner
Tom Faranda

Results

Republican Primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Conrad Burns	63,330	84.71
	Republican	Tom Faranda	11,427	15.29
Total votes			74,757	100.00

General election

Results

United States Senate election in Montana, 1988^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Conrad Burns	189,445	51.87%	+10.20%
	Democratic	John Melcher (inc.)	175,809	48.13%	-6.33%
Majority			13,636	3.73%	-9.06%
Turnout			365,254
	Republican gain from Democratic		Swing

References

1 2 "Report of the Official Canvass of the Vote Cast at the Primary Election Held in the State of Montana, June 7, 1988" (PDF). Montana Secretary of State. Retrieved July 2, 2014.
↑ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1988" (PDF). Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. Retrieved July 2, 2014.

Preceded by 1982	Montana U.S. Senate elections 1988	Succeeded by 1994

(1986 ←) United States elections, 1988 (→ 1990)

President	United States presidential election, 1988

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