1988Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1988 election for Montana Governor
Governor · Montana
Stan Stephens (R) won with 53.0% of the vote, defeating Thomas L. Judge (D) by 5.9 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Stan StephensRepublican · winner
53.0%190,604
Thomas L. JudgeDemocrat
47.0%169,313
359,917 votes
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1988
Races before and after
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET