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1980Final results

1980 election for Montana House District 78

Montana House of Representatives · Montana

John Vincent (D) won with 67.5% of the vote, defeating James W. Vollmer (R) by 35.0 points.

John VincentDemocrat · winner · incumbent
67.5%2,187
32.5%1,054
3,241 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+35.01980D+54.91982R+25.21984R+4.51986R+11.01988R+6.21990

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