1972 general · February 1, 1972

1972 Montana election results

Every race on Montana's ballot in the 1972 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

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Races43
Changed party0
Unopposed16%7 races
Incumbents defeated15
RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-1Carroll Graham (D)Unopposed
SD-2William L. Mathers (R)23.1
SD-3Cornie R. Thiessen · A. A. Zody (D)0.6Incumbent lost
SD-4Gordon E. Bollinger · Stanley Nees (D)9.5
SD-5B. J. Goodheart (D)22.6
SD-6Dave Manning (D)Unopposed
SD-7L. M. Aber (R)16.1
SD-8William R. McNamer · Archie Cochrane · George Darrow (R)0.2
SD-9Jim Moore (R)26.0
SD-10Earl Moritz (R)24.9
SD-11Pete Story · J. W. Breeden · Paul F. Boylan (REP)0.9Incumbent lost
SD-12Glen L. Drake · James T. Harrison Jr. · George T. Bennett (R)3.2
SD-13John K. McDonald · John W. Devine · John Nelson Hall (D)0.5
SD-14David F. James · Gordon McGowan (D)0.6Incumbent lost
SD-15W. Gordon McOmber · Percy Dewolfe (D)0.2
SD-16Fred O. Broeder (R)Unopposed
SD-18G. W. Deschamps · Harry T. Northey (R)2.7
SD-19John L. McKeon · P. J. Keenan (D)Unopposed
SD-20Neil J. Lynch (D)Unopposed
SD-23George McCallum · Arthur N. Jensen (REP)3.0Incumbent lost
RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-1Carl M. Smith · John E. Walborn (R)0.3
HD-2James P. Lucas · Walter J. Ulmer (R)4.8
HD-3Robert C. Prevost · S. A. Olson · Oscar S. Kvaalen · Henry J. Schepens (DEM)0.1
HD-4Wallace B. Edland · Art Lund · Orphey Lien · Glenn Jacobsen (DEM)0.9
HD-5Francis Bardanouve · Robert S. Cotton (D)0.4
HD-6Vic East · Lee Hubing (R)2.6Incumbent lost
HD-7James H. Burnett · Alvin Hageman (REP)0.6Incumbent lost
HD-8Harold E. Gerke · Thomas E. Towe · Henry S. Cox · Lloyd C. Lockrem Jr. · Polly Holmes · Harrison G. Fagg · Pat Regan · Herb Huennekens · Richard A. Colberg · Robert E. Glennen · Tom Hager · Wallace W. Mercer (DEM)0.1
HD-9Jack E. Galt · Elmer Schye (R)5.0Incumbent lost
HD-10J. O. Asbjornson · Fred O. Barrett (R)4.7Incumbent lost
HD-11Dorothy Bradley · Bill Warfield · Tom Rolfe · Robert A. Ellerd · Dan Yardley · Wallace O. Forsgren (DEM)0.4
HD-12Hal Harper · Barbara Bennetts · Robert L. Marks · William C. Campbell · Ruth B. Castles · John F. Bell (REP)0.6Incumbent lost
HD-13Larry Fasbender · Jack E. Kessner · Tom Selstad · Michael T. Greely · John F. Tierney · John C. Hall · Pat McKittrick · Gorham E. Swanberg · Jack Gunderson · Malcolm Holtz · John B. Staigmiller · William C. Hodges (DEM)0.0Incumbent lost
HD-14Allen C. Kolstad · David Aageson · Walter Laas · John Murphy (REP)0.0Incumbent lost
HD-15Gail Stoltz · Rex Manuel · Robert E. Stephens · George Johnston (D)0.2Incumbent lost
HD-16Matt Himsl · William Zimmer · Bob Brown · Conrad Lundgren · Clyde A. Turner · Ora J. Halvorson (REP)0.2
HD-17James F. Fleming Jr. · Carl A. Seifert (DEM)0.4Incumbent lost
HD-18Max Baucus · George Turman · Gary Kimble · Bill Norman · Robert D. Watt · Gary Marbut · A. L. Ainsworth · Tom Haines (DEM)0.2Incumbent lost
HD-19Joe Brand · John Mehrens · William Menahan · Albert E. Kosena (D)Unopposed
HD-20Joe Quilici · John J. D. Lynch · Robert E. Lee · John E. Healy · Robert J. Harper · Jerry V. Lombardi (D)Unopposed
HD-21Tom Clemow · James W. Flynn (REP)6.8
HD-22John Brian Driscoll · Norris Nichols (DEM)2.9
HD-23Orin P. Kendall · Arthur H. Sheldon · Joe R. Roberts · William R. Baeth (D)2.6Incumbent lost

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