1974Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1974 election for Montana Senate District 1
Montana State Senate · Montana
Ed B. Smith (R) won with 64.0% of the vote, defeating Orphey Lien (D) by 28.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Ed B. SmithRepublican · winner
64.0%3,366
Orphey LienDemocrat
36.0%1,893
5,259 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 1974
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET