1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1980 election for Montana House District 49
Montana House of Representatives · Montana
John A. Ryan (R) won with 66.6% of the vote, defeating Thomas Breitbach (D) by 33.2 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
John A. RyanRepublican · winner
66.6%2,185
Thomas BreitbachDemocrat
33.4%1,096
3,281 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