1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Montana House District 40
Montana House of Representatives · Montana
Andrea Hemstad (R) won with 55.8% of the vote, defeating John F. Kenny (D) by 11.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Andrea HemstadRepublican · winner
55.8%1,270
John F. KennyDemocrat · incumbent
44.2%1,007
2,277 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