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1976Final results

1976 election for Montana House District 28

Montana House of Representatives · Montana

Joe Brand (D) won with 57.9% of the vote, defeating Don Valiton (R) by 15.8 points.

Joe BrandDemocrat · winner · incumbent
57.9%1,574
Don ValitonRepublican
42.1%1,145
2,719 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

EvenD+36.51974D+15.81976D+12.91982R+15.61984R+64.81986R+8.01988

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