1978Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Montana House District 74
Montana House of Representatives · Montana
Dan Yardley (D) won with 52.5% of the vote, defeating Edith E. Cox (R) by 5.0 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Dan YardleyDemocrat · winner
52.5%1,619
Edith E. CoxRepublican · incumbent
47.5%1,464
3,083 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