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1974Final resultsIncumbent defeated

1974 election for Montana Senate District 47

Montana State Senate · Montana

Bill Norman (D) won with 55.0% of the vote, defeating Harry T. Northey (R) by 10.1 points.

Bill NormanDemocrat · winner
55.0%2,653
Harry T. NortheyRepublican · incumbent
45.0%2,168
4,821 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

EvenD+37.21982D+43.91986R+2.11990R+31.71996D+31.02012R+4.22016

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