1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1980 election for Montana House District 54
Montana House of Representatives · Montana
L. Dean Switzer (R) won with 61.1% of the vote, defeating Jerry Redlin (D) by 22.2 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
L. Dean SwitzerRepublican · winner
61.1%2,308
Jerry RedlinDemocrat
38.9%1,470
3,778 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