1976Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1976 election for Montana House District 72
Montana House of Representatives · Montana
Jean McLane (R) won with 51.7% of the vote, defeating Alvin Hageman (D) by 3.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Jean McLaneRepublican · winner
51.7%1,935
Alvin HagemanDemocrat · incumbent
48.3%1,805
3,740 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