1968 general · February 6, 1968
1968 Montana election results
Every race on Montana's ballot in the 1968 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.
Races59
Changed party0
Unopposed14%8 races
Incumbents defeated15
Montana State Senate
D 15 · R 12
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-2 | Ben Brownfield (R) | 27.2 | |
| SD-3 | Cornie R. Thiessen (D) | 13.9 | |
| SD-4 | Stanley Nees (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-5 | Gordon E. Bollinger (D) | 5.2 | |
| SD-6 | Dave Manning (D) | 11.5 | |
| SD-7 | William L. Mathers (R) | 8.6 | |
| SD-9 | Jack D. Rehberg · Archie Cochrane · John C. Sheehy (REP) | 0.6 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-10 | B. J. Goodheart (D) | 7.1 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-12 | Jim Moore (R) | 19.4 | |
| SD-15 | Paul F. Boylan (D) | 3.3 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-16 | Carl Rostad (R) | 22.6 | |
| SD-18 | John K. McDonald · Harry B. Mitchell · Dick Dzivi (D) | 1.6 | |
| SD-19 | Stan Stephens (R) | 5.2 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-20 | John Lyon (R) | 12.9 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-21 | Henry S. Hibbard (R) | 26.1 | |
| SD-22 | John L. McKeon (D) | 26.0 | |
| SD-23 | Neil J. Lynch · Frank D. Reardon (D) | 5.3 | |
| SD-26 | G. W. Deschamps · Harry T. Northey (R) | 6.3 | |
| SD-29 | Percy Dewolfe (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-30 | Fred O. Broeder (R) | 6.5 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-31 | William F. Hafferman (D) | Unopposed |
Montana House of Representatives
D 46 · R 58
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| HD-1 | Earl Whitney · Arnold H. Falkenstern (R) | 3.5 | |
| HD-2 | Robert M. Feisthamel · B. J. Jordan (R) | 3.5 | |
| HD-3 | Robert C. Prevost · Oscar S. Kvaalen (DEM) | 2.8 | |
| HD-4 | Loran Casey · Ralph F. Eggebrecht (REP) | 0.3 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-5A | Ed B. Smith (R) | 27.9 | |
| HD-5B | Art Lund · D. L. Knudsen · G. C. Feda (REP) | 1.3 | |
| HD-6 | Vic East · John Melcher (REP) | 6.0 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-7 | James P. Lucas · Walter J. Ulmer (R) | 7.1 | |
| HD-8 | Bill Christiansen · Carl M. Smith (DEM) | 9.5 | |
| HD-9 | W. S. Mather · Harold E. Gerke · Gary Giesick · Robert E. Glennen · Harrison G. Fagg · Earl M. Cranston · William S. Goan · John H. Pierce · Hubert E. Woodard · Dick Forester · Jeffrey J. Scott · William J. Speare (REP) | 0.0 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-10A | Louis Perry (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-10B | Francis Bardanouve (D) | 40.7 | |
| HD-11 | J. O. Asbjornson · Robert S. White (R) | 2.8 | |
| HD-12A | Hershel M. Robbins (D) | 11.6 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-12B | Gene Spilde (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-13 | James H. Burnett · Alvin Hageman (REP) | 0.2 | |
| HD-14 | Bill Warfield · Dan Yardley (REP) | 2.0 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-15 | Al C. Newby · Robert B. McCulloch · John D. Shively · Robert F. Dye (R) | 6.0 | |
| HD-16 | Robert L. Marks · W. G. Williams (R) | 5.0 | |
| HD-17 | Miles L. Swan · Geo Brownlee (R) | 2.7 | |
| HD-18 | Larry Fasbender · William E. Spahr · John C. Hall · Peter J. Gilligan · Malcolm Holtz · Scott B. Stratton · Ronald W. Holtz · Jack Gunderson · John B. Staigmiller · Rudolph W. Polich · I. M. Nyquist (DEM) | 0.1 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-19 | Allen C. Kolstad · Leroy Aspevig · Walter Laas (REP) | 1.1 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-20A | Kenneth M. Wolf (R) | 4.2 | |
| HD-20B | Eugene C. Egan (D) | 2.6 | |
| HD-20C | Nels Hemstad (R) | 15.9 | |
| HD-21 | Chase Patrick · James T. Harrison Jr. · William F. Cashmore · Lester H. Loble II (REP) | 0.1 | |
| HD-22A | Joe Brand (D) | 31.5 | |
| HD-22B | John Mehrens · Albert E. Kosena · Frank J. Jurcich (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-23 | Ray J. Wayrynen · John E. Healy · Lawrence C. Stimatz · Robert E. Lee · Jerry V. Lombardi · Harold McGrath · Pat Williams (D) | 4.1 | |
| HD-24A | Tom Clemow (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-24B | Peter T. Combs (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-25 | Norris Nichols · Miles Romney (REP) | 2.9 | |
| HD-26 | Tom Haines · H. O. Worden · William R. Campbell · James P. Nugent · Robert D. Watt · John W. Steele · R. F. Payne (REP) | 0.5 | |
| HD-27 | Orin P. Kendall · Paul K. Harlow (D) | 9.9 | |
| HD-28 | James F. Fleming Jr. · Leland Schoonover (D) | 1.5 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-29 | Edward J. Aubert · George Johnston (D) | 4.4 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-30 | Matt Himsl · Sterling Rygg · Conrad Lundgren · James E. Murphy · William Zimmer (REP) | 0.8 | |
| HD-31 | William R. Baeth · Randall D. Teeple (D) | 8.1 |
Montana
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner