1978Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Montana House District 19
Montana House of Representatives · Montana
Pat Gesek (D) won with 53.4% of the vote, defeating Clyde A. Turner (R) by 6.9 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Pat GesekDemocrat · winner
53.4%1,546
Clyde A. TurnerRepublican · incumbent
46.6%1,347
2,893 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