1980Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1980 election for Montana Senate District 39
Montana State Senate · Montana
Dorothy Eck (D) won with 52.2% of the vote, defeating Joyce O. Sandquist (R) by 4.3 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Dorothy EckDemocrat · winner
52.2%3,371
Joyce O. SandquistRepublican
47.8%3,093
6,464 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