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1982Final results

1982 election for Montana Senate District 31

Montana State Senate · Montana

Pat Regan (D) won with 59.0% of the vote, defeating Diane Etchart (R) by 17.9 points.

Pat ReganDemocrat · winner · incumbent
59.0%2,011
Diane EtchartRepublican
41.0%1,399
3,410 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+17.91982R+14.81984R+4.81988D+9.31992R+30.41996R+20.22000

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