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1982Final results

1982 election for Montana House District 45

Montana House of Representatives · Montana

Francis Koehnke (D) won with 56.6% of the vote, defeating Connie N. Townsend (R) by 13.1 points.

Francis KoehnkeDemocrat · winner
56.6%1,984
43.4%1,524
3,508 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+13.11982D+34.51984D+38.11988D+23.81992D+15.31994D+4.01996

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