| Turnout | Conrad Burns (R) |
John Melcher* (D) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 63% | 13,796 | 59.5% | 9,402 | 40.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 4,394 | 23,198 |
Campaign finance data for this election**:
| Conrad Burns | |
| Total Disbursements: | $1,075,631 |
| Total Receipts: | $1,099,498 |
| Cash on Hand: | $23,866 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $540,489 |
| Party Contributions: | $40,130 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $315,387 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $196,728 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $5,000 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $5,000 |
| Net Spending: | $1,080,631 |
| John Melcher* | |
| Total Disbursements: | $1,469,286 |
| Total Receipts: | $1,476,519 |
| Cash on Hand: | $10,289 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $393,277 |
| Party Contributions: | $19,930 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $917,135 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $3,237 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $230,617 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $6,896 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $223,721 |
| Net Spending: | $1,693,007 |
**Financial data shown here takes into account all elections for this office during this cycle, including primary, special and runoff elections, if any.
Source: https://www.fec.gov/data/elections/senate/MT/1988