Election Name: | 1996 United States Senate election in Montana |
Country: | Montana |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1990 United States Senate election in Montana |
Previous Year: | 1990 |
Next Election: | 2002 United States Senate election in Montana |
Next Year: | 2002 |
Election Date: | November 5, 1996 |
Image1: | File:Max Baucus 2004.jpg |
Nominee1: | Max Baucus |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 201,935 |
Percentage1: | 49.56% |
Nominee2: | Denny Rehberg |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 182,111 |
Percentage2: | 44.69% |
U.S. Senator | |
Before Election: | Max Baucus |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | Max Baucus |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1996 United States Senate election in Montana took place on November 5, 1996. Incumbent United States Senator Max Baucus, who was first elected in 1978 and was re-elected in 1984 and 1990, ran for re-election. He was unopposed in the Democratic primary, and moved on to the general election, where he faced a stiff challenge in Denny Rehberg, the Lieutenant Governor of Montana and the Republican nominee. Despite Bob Dole's victory over Bill Clinton and Ross Perot in the state that year in the presidential election, Baucus managed to narrowly win re-election over Rehberg to secure a fourth term in the Senate.