1980Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Montana House District 55
Montana House of Representatives · Montana
Marjorie Hart (D) won with 54.6% of the vote, defeating L. E. Wood (R) by 9.2 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Marjorie HartDemocrat · winner
54.6%1,552
L. E. WoodRepublican · incumbent
45.4%1,290
2,842 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