1976Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1976 election for Montana House District 18
Montana House of Representatives · Montana
Lee Tower (R) won with 51.4% of the vote, defeating James Moore (D) by 2.8 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Lee TowerRepublican · winner
51.4%1,896
James MooreDemocrat · incumbent
48.6%1,794
3,690 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 1976
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET