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1978Final results

1978 election for Montana House District 96

Montana House of Representatives · Montana

James Azzara (D) won with 66.4% of the vote, defeating Walter G. Taylor (R) by 32.9 points.

James AzzaraDemocrat · winner
66.4%1,677
33.6%847
2,524 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

EvenD+32.91978D+39.91980D+40.01982D+1.71984R+23.51986R+1.91988

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET