1978 general · November 7, 1978

1978 Montana House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every Montana House of Representatives district in the 1978 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 100 seats

After the electionD 55 · R 45
Races100
Changed party12
Unopposed29%29 races
Incumbents defeated11

Every district

D 55 · R 45

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-1Dennis G. Nathe (R)8.7
HD-2Art Lund (R)Unopposed
HD-3Orren C. Vinger (R)2.0
HD-4G. C. Feda (R)11.3
HD-5Paul K. Kropp (R)10.0
HD-6Francis Bardanouve (D)Unopposed
HD-7Robert Sivertsen (R)28.2
HD-8Danny Oberg (D)5.7
HD-9Dennis Iverson (R)24.9
HD-10Audrey Roth (R)55.4
HD-11Rex Manuel (D)22.0
HD-12Melvin Underal (R)14.3
HD-13George Johnston (D)Unopposed
HD-14Harriet Hayne (R)9.8FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-15W. F. Bennett (R)5.5FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-16Robert Lewis Anderson (R)16.0FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-17Jack Brian Uhde (D)22.4
HD-18Michael H. Keedy (D)8.1FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-19Pat Gesek (D)6.9FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-20Aubyn Curtiss (R)15.7
HD-21William R. Baeth (D)Unopposed
HD-22Arthur H. Sheldon (D)Unopposed
HD-23Chris H. Stobie (R)29.6
HD-24Joseph M. Magone (D)Unopposed
HD-25William Jensen (R)0.7
HD-26Carl A. Seifert (R)9.0
HD-27Verner L. Bertelsen (R)9.4
HD-28Joe Brand (D)Unopposed
HD-29Gene Donaldson (R)3.3FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-30Hal Harper (D)11.9
HD-31Jerry Metcalf (D)12.4
HD-32Barbara J. Spilker (R)2.1FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-33John B. Staigmiller (D)31.9
HD-34Helen G. Oconnell (D)Unopposed
HD-35Richard E. Manning (D)15.2
HD-36Joe Tropila (D)2.7
HD-37Arlyne Reichert (D)40.5
HD-38Peter J. Gilligan Jr. (D)29.7
HD-39Paul G. Pistoria (D)13.7
HD-40Andrea Hemstad (R)11.6FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-41Jack K. Moore (R)5.5
HD-42Darryl Meyer (R)15.5
HD-43Jonas H. Rosenthal (D)27.0FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-44Jay Fabrega (R)40.6
HD-45Burt Hurwitz (R)Unopposed
HD-46Hershel M. Robbins (D)15.1
HD-47Gene N. Ernst (R)9.5
HD-48James M. Schultz (R)Unopposed
HD-49Edward Lien (D)14.7
HD-50E. N. Dassinger (D)5.7
HD-51Carroll V. South (D)Unopposed
HD-52Les J. Hirsch (D)26.1
HD-53Oscar S. Kvaalen (R)31.9
HD-54William M. Day (D)21.3
HD-55L. E. Wood (R)1.7
HD-56Harold A. Wyrick (R)5.1
HD-57Carl M. Smith (R)Unopposed
HD-58Thomas R. Conroy (D)Unopposed
HD-59Esther G. Bengston (D)27.8
HD-60Gene Frates (D)0.6
HD-61Robert Dozier (D)0.7
HD-62Harold E. Gerke (D)10.9
HD-63Harrison G. Fagg (R)43.5
HD-64Jack Ramirez (R)61.4
HD-65Howard C. Porter (R)29.3
HD-66Gerald R. Kessler (D)10.4
HD-67Polly Holmes (D)1.9
HD-68Herb Huennekens (D)30.7
HD-69Wes Teague (D)38.6
HD-70J. Melvin Williams (D)22.1
HD-71James H. Burnett (R)7.8
HD-72Vicki Johnson (D)6.7FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-73Orval S. Ellison (R)Unopposed
HD-74Dan Yardley (D)5.0FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-75Robert A. Ellerd (R)Unopposed
HD-76John P. Scully (D)Unopposed
HD-77Kenneth Nordtvedt (R)7.5Flipped
HD-78John Vincent (D)Unopposed
HD-79Walter R. Sales (R)Unopposed
HD-80Robert L. Marks (R)6.5
HD-81Kerry Keyser (R)Unopposed
HD-82Bill Hand (D)Unopposed
HD-83Steve Bullock and Mike Cooney (D)Unopposed
HD-84Joe Quilici (D)Unopposed
HD-85Kathleen McBride (D)Unopposed
HD-86Robert J. Pavlovich (D)Unopposed
HD-87Fred Daily (D)67.3
HD-88Dan W. Harrington (D)Unopposed
HD-89Joe F. Kanduch (D)Unopposed
HD-90William Menahan (D)Unopposed
HD-91Ken Robbins (D)10.3
HD-92Bob Thoft (R)14.8
HD-93Howard L. Ellis (R)Unopposed
HD-94Daniel Kemmis (D)26.3
HD-95Ann Mary Dussault (D)Unopposed
HD-96James Azzara (D)32.9
HD-97Steve Waldron (D)37.3
HD-98R. Budd Gould (R)49.7
HD-99Earl C. Lory (R)22.4
HD-100Ralph S. Eudaily (R)21.6

Montana House of Representatives

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner