1990 United States Senate election in Montana
The 1990 United States Senate election in Montana took place on November 6, 1990. Incumbent United States Senator Max Baucus, who was first elected in 1978 and was re-elected in 1984, ran for re-election. After winning the Democratic primary, he moved on to the general election, where he was opposed by Allen Kolstad, the Lieutenant Governor of Montana and the Republican nominee. Baucus ultimately ended up defeating Kolstad in a landslide, winning his third term with ease.
Larry R. Williams
Williams was twice the Republican Party nominee to the United States Senate in Montana. In 1978 he defeated Bill Osborne and Clancy Rich in the Republican primary with 35,479 votes (61.66%), and then lost to Democratic U.S. Representative Max Baucus in the general election by 160,353 votes (55.69%) to 127,589 (44.31%). In 1982, he defeated attorney Willie Dee Morris in the primary by 49,615 votes (88.11%) to 6,696 (11.89%), and was then defeated in the general election by incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator John Melcher by 174,861 votes (54.46%) to 133,789 (41.67%).