1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Montana House District 16
Montana House of Representatives · Montana
Robert Lewis Anderson (R) won with 58.0% of the vote, defeating Ora J. Halvorson (D) by 16.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Robert Lewis AndersonRepublican · winner
58.0%2,059
Ora J. HalvorsonDemocrat · incumbent
42.0%1,492
3,551 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 1978
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET