1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1980 election for Montana House District 82
Montana House of Representatives · Montana
G. H. Briggs (R) won with 42.4% of the vote, defeating D. Keith Gosnell (D) by 14.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
G. H. BriggsRepublican · winner
42.4%1,276
Write-ins and other votesOther party
29.6%889
D. Keith GosnellDemocrat
28.0%841
3,006 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