1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1980 election for Montana House District 17
Montana House of Representatives · Montana
Conn R. Alison (R) won with 60.5% of the vote, defeating Richard F. Champoux (D) by 21.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Conn R. AlisonRepublican · winner
60.5%2,556
Richard F. ChampouxDemocrat
39.5%1,670
4,226 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 1980
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET