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1984 election for Montana House District 3

Montana House of Representatives · Montana

Ben Cohen (D) won with 52.7% of the vote, defeating F. Ron Newbury (R) by 5.4 points, a seat Republicans won last time.

Ben CohenDemocrat · winner
52.7%2,073
F. Ron NewburyRepublican
47.3%1,861
3,934 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 1984

Races before and after

EvenR+10.01976R+2.01978R+21.61980D+5.41984D+27.51986D+6.51988

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