1984Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1984 election for Montana House District 61
Montana House of Representatives · Montana
R. Budd Gould (R) won with 59.9% of the vote, defeating Dennis L. Veleber (D) by 23.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
R. Budd GouldRepublican · winner
59.9%2,250
Dennis L. VeleberDemocrat · incumbent
36.8%1,385
E. Tom StetsonLibertarian
3.3%124
3,759 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET