1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Montana House District 52
Montana House of Representatives · Montana
Gerry Devlin (R) won with 51.2% of the vote, defeating Les J. Hirsch (D) by 2.3 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Gerry DevlinRepublican · winner
51.2%2,021
Les J. HirschDemocrat · incumbent
48.8%1,929
3,950 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