1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1980 election for Montana Senate District 49
Montana State Senate · Montana
Jan Johnson (R) won with 51.8% of the vote, defeating Terry Knight (D) by 3.7 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Jan JohnsonRepublican · winner
51.8%3,292
Terry KnightDemocrat
48.2%3,058
6,350 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