1958 United States Senate election in Montana

1958 United States Senate election in Montana

← 1952 November 4, 1958 1964 →
 
Nominee Mike Mansfield Lou Welch
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 174,910 54,573
Percentage 76.22% 23.78%

County results
Mansfield:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80-90%

U.S. senator before election

Mike Mansfield
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Mike Mansfield
Democratic

The 1958 United States Senate election in Montana took place on November 4, 1958. Incumbent United States Senator Mike Mansfield, who was first elected to the Senate in 1952, ran for re-election. Mansfield won the Democratic primary comfortably, and moved on to the general election, where he was opposed by Lou W. Welch, a millworker and the Republican nominee. In contrast to the close campaign in 1952, Mansfield defeated Welch in a landslide and won his second term in the Senate easily.


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