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1970Final results

1970 election for Montana Senate District 8

Montana State Senate · Montana

Carroll Graham (D) won with 60.0% of the vote, defeating Torrey Johnson (R) by 20.1 points.

Carroll GrahamDemocrat · winner · incumbent
60.0%2,429
Torrey JohnsonRepublican
40.0%1,617
4,046 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

EvenD+7.41974D+4.11976R+19.21980D+2.31986R+19.81996R+22.02000

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET