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1980Final results

1980 election for Montana House District 46

Montana House of Representatives · Montana

Gay Holliday (D) won with 54.6% of the vote, defeating M. Darrell Brewer (R) by 9.2 points.

Gay HollidayDemocrat · winner
54.6%2,139
45.4%1,777
3,916 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

EvenD+15.11978D+9.21980D+33.21984D+8.11986D+33.41988R+28.21992

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