1970Final results
1970 election for Montana House District 5B
Montana House of Representatives · Montana
3 seats: Art Lund (R), Wallace B. Edland (D), D. L. Knudsen (D) won.
3 seatsArt LundRepublican · winner · incumbent
21.1%3,382
Wallace B. EdlandDemocrat · winner
17.4%2,782
D. L. KnudsenDemocrat · winner · incumbent
17.1%2,739
R. D. MarkleRepublican
16.7%2,675
James O. ChristinsonDemocrat
14.9%2,395
Jimmy LawrenceRepublican
12.8%2,054
16,027 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1970
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET