| Turnout | John Melcher* (D) |
Larry Williams (R) |
Larry Dodge (Libertarian) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 62% | 1,610 | 53.2% | 1,276 | 42.1% | 142 | 4.7% | 0 | 0.0% | 334 | 3,028 |
Campaign finance data for this election**:
| John Melcher* | |
| Total Disbursements: | $749,752 |
| Total Receipts: | $749,790 |
| Cash on Hand: | $0 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $0 |
| Party Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $40,118 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $228,019 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $-187,901 |
| Net Spending: | $561,851 |
| Larry Williams | |
| Total Disbursements: | $656,485 |
| Total Receipts: | $650,192 |
| Cash on Hand: | $0 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $0 |
| Party Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $0 |
| Net Spending: | $656,485 |
| Larry Dodge | |
| Total Disbursements: | $18,936 |
| Total Receipts: | $18,937 |
| Cash on Hand: | $0 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $0 |
| Party Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $0 |
| Net Spending: | $18,936 |
**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/1982