1976 general · November 2, 1976

1976 Montana House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every Montana House of Representatives district in the 1976 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 100 seats

After the electionD 57 · R 43
Races100
Changed party23
Unopposed23%23 races
Incumbents defeated15

Every district

D 57 · R 43

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-1Dennis G. Nathe (R)2.8FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-2Art Lund (R)Unopposed
HD-3Orren C. Vinger (R)10.0
HD-4G. C. Feda (R)5.8FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-5Paul K. Kropp (R)17.8
HD-6Francis Bardanouve (D)Unopposed
HD-7Robert Sivertsen (R)19.9
HD-8Edna A. Gunderson (D)4.4
HD-9David Aageson (R)29.7
HD-10Audrey Roth (R)1.7FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-11Rex Manuel (D)13.4
HD-12Melvin Underal (R)27.6
HD-13George Johnston (D)Unopposed
HD-14Leo Kennerly Jr. (D)9.1
HD-15Russell Baeth (D)Unopposed
HD-16Ora J. Halvorson (D)10.8
HD-17Jack Brian Uhde (D)12.7
HD-18Lee Tower (R)2.8FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-19Clyde A. Turner (R)2.4FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-20Aubyn Curtiss (R)2.9FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-21William R. Baeth (D)Unopposed
HD-22Arthur H. Sheldon (D)Unopposed
HD-23Chris H. Stobie (R)19.5Flipped
HD-24Harry Hansen (D)Unopposed
HD-25William Jensen (R)0.5Flipped
HD-26Carl A. Seifert (R)7.5
HD-27Verner L. Bertelsen (R)17.5
HD-28Joe Brand (D)15.8
HD-29Peter Mike Meloy (D)7.7
HD-30Hal Harper (D)9.5FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-31Jerry Metcalf (D)14.9Flipped
HD-32Joellen Estenson (D)8.6
HD-33John B. Staigmiller (D)7.5
HD-34Helen G. Oconnell (D)31.2
HD-35Jack Gunderson (D)21.7
HD-36Joe Tropila (D)4.1
HD-37Patrick L. Ryan (D)29.4
HD-38Peter J. Gilligan Jr. (D)23.7
HD-39Paul G. Pistoria (D)8.6
HD-40John F. Kenny (D)0.8
HD-41Jack K. Moore (R)9.2
HD-42Darryl Meyer (R)10.4Flipped
HD-43Warren Okeefe (R)32.1FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-44Jay Fabrega (R)Unopposed
HD-45Burt Hurwitz (R)4.7
HD-46Hershel M. Robbins (D)5.7
HD-47Gene N. Ernst (R)13.2FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-48Fred O. Barrett (R)13.2
HD-49Edward Lien (D)0.8
HD-50E. N. Dassinger (D)2.9
HD-51Carroll V. South (D)34.3
HD-52Les J. Hirsch (D)4.9FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-53Oscar S. Kvaalen (R)19.2
HD-54William M. Day (D)Unopposed
HD-55L. E. Wood (R)7.5
HD-56Harold A. Wyrick (R)Unopposed
HD-57Carl M. Smith (R)Unopposed
HD-58Thomas R. Conroy (D)52.7
HD-59Esther G. Bengston (D)13.6
HD-60Gene Frates (D)3.7Flipped
HD-61Gary L. Colburn (D)7.0
HD-62Harold E. Gerke (D)8.5
HD-63Harrison G. Fagg (R)Unopposed
HD-64Jack Ramirez (R)UnopposedFlipped
HD-65Howard C. Porter (R)14.0
HD-66Gerald R. Kessler (D)2.2FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-67Polly Holmes (D)12.9
HD-68Herb Huennekens (D)1.1
HD-69Wes Teague (D)4.3
HD-70J. Melvin Williams (D)4.3
HD-71James H. Burnett (R)3.4FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-72Jean McLane (R)3.5FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-73Orval S. Ellison (R)Unopposed
HD-74Edith E. Cox (R)2.9FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-75Robert A. Ellerd (R)20.2
HD-76John P. Scully (D)20.3
HD-77Dorothy Bradley (D)10.9
HD-78John Vincent (D)31.4
HD-79Dale H. Davis (R)19.7
HD-80Robert L. Marks (R)5.9
HD-81Frank W. Hazelbader (R)Unopposed
HD-82Bill Hand (D)11.9Flipped
HD-83Steve Bullock and Mike Cooney (D)Unopposed
HD-84Joe Quilici (D)Unopposed
HD-85James T. Mular (D)Unopposed
HD-86Jim Courtney (D)Unopposed
HD-87John J. D. Lynch (D)10.1
HD-88Dan W. Harrington (D)Unopposed
HD-89Joe F. Kanduch (D)Unopposed
HD-90William Menahan (D)Unopposed
HD-91John Brian Driscoll (D)21.3
HD-92Elmer D. Severson (R)21.3FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-93Howard L. Ellis (R)31.2
HD-94Gary Kimble (D)43.7
HD-95Ann Mary Dussault (D)Unopposed
HD-96Bob Palmer (D)50.7
HD-97Steve Waldron (D)46.6
HD-98R. Budd Gould (R)31.1
HD-99Earl C. Lory (R)25.4
HD-100Ralph S. Eudaily (R)0.1Flipped

Montana House of Representatives

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