1976Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1976 election for Montana House District 82
Montana House of Representatives · Montana
Bill Hand (D) won with 56.0% of the vote, defeating Ron W. Johnson (R) by 11.9 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Bill HandDemocrat · winner
56.0%1,574
Ron W. JohnsonRepublican
44.0%1,239
2,813 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