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1976Final results

1976 election for Montana Governor

Governor · Montana

Thomas L. Judge (D) won with 62.8% of the vote, defeating Robert Woodahi (R) by 25.6 points.

Thomas L. JudgeDemocrat · winner
62.8%195,420
Robert WoodahiRepublican
37.2%115,848
311,268 votes

Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 1976

Races before and after

EvenD+45.41984R+5.91988R+2.71992R+58.31996R+4.02000D+4.62004

Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET