1982Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1982 election for Montana House District 82
Montana House of Representatives · Montana
Bill Hand (D) won with 48.6% of the vote, defeating G. H. Briggs (R) by 0.9 points.
Bill HandDemocrat · winner
48.6%1,306
G. H. BriggsRepublican · incumbent
47.8%1,283
Randy PiperLibertarian
3.6%97
2,686 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET