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1982Final results

1982 election for Montana House District 39

Montana House of Representatives · Montana

Paul G. Pistoria (D) won with 56.5% of the vote, defeating John G. Palagi (R) by 13.1 points.

Paul G. PistoriaDemocrat · winner
56.5%963
John G. PalagiRepublican
43.5%740
1,703 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 1982

Races before and after

EvenD+13.71978R+28.81980D+13.11982R+8.11984D+3.01986R+0.61988

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