1976Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1976 election for Montana House District 30
Montana House of Representatives · Montana
Hal Harper (D) won with 54.7% of the vote, defeating Betty L. Babcock (R) by 9.5 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Hal HarperDemocrat · winner
54.7%2,164
Betty L. BabcockRepublican · incumbent
45.3%1,789
3,953 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