1980 general · November 4, 1980
1980 Montana State Senate election results, district by district
Every Montana State Senate district in the 1980 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Republicans controlled the chamber · 50 seats
After the electionD 22 · R 28
Races25
Changed party8
Unopposed36%9 races
Incumbents defeated2
Every district
D 9 · R 16
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-1 | Ed B. Smith (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-2 | Mark Etchart (R) | 8.9 | |
| SD-3 | H. W. Hammond (R) | 6.7 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| SD-8 | Roger H. Elliott (R) | 19.2 | Flipped |
| SD-10 | Bob Brown (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-12 | George McCallum (R) | 39.7 | |
| SD-13 | Jean A. Turnage (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-16 | Joseph P. Mazurek (D) | 26.2 | Flipped |
| SD-17 | Gary Lee (R) | 14.1 | Flipped |
| SD-20 | Bill Thomas (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-21 | Harry K. Berg (D) | 0.3 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| SD-24 | Harold L. Dover (R) | 2.0 | |
| SD-26 | Donald Ochsner (R) | 0.1 | |
| SD-27 | Larry J. Tveit (R) | 6.8 | Flipped |
| SD-29 | Carroll Graham (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-30 | Tom Hager (R) | 18.7 | |
| SD-32 | Thomas F. Keating (R) | 51.3 | |
| SD-33 | Bruce D. Crippen (R) | 34.0 | |
| SD-39 | Dorothy Eck (D) | 4.3 | Flipped |
| SD-41 | Frank W. Hazelbaker (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-42 | Robert Peterson (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-43 | Lawrence C. Stimatz (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-45 | Jack Haffey (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-49 | Jan Johnson (R) | 3.7 | Flipped |
| SD-50 | Fred Vanvalkenberg (D) | 9.8 |
Montana State Senate
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner