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1980Final results

1980 election for Montana Senate District 12

Montana State Senate · Montana

George McCallum (R) won with 69.9% of the vote, defeating Larry Sturm (D) by 39.7 points.

George McCallumRepublican · winner · incumbent
69.9%5,926
Larry SturmDemocrat
30.1%2,557
8,483 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

EvenR+10.31974R+18.31976R+39.71980D+8.91986D+2.71990R+33.61994

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