1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1980 election for Montana House District 36
Montana House of Representatives · Montana
Toni Bergene (R) won with 52.4% of the vote, defeating Gerald D. Nisbet (D) by 4.7 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Toni BergeneRepublican · winner
52.4%1,563
Gerald D. NisbetDemocrat
47.6%1,422
2,985 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