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1988Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

1988 election for Montana House District 11

Montana House of Representatives · Montana

Bert Guthrie (R) won with 52.4% of the vote, defeating Rex Manuel (D) by 4.9 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

Bert GuthrieRepublican · winner
52.4%1,999
Rex ManuelDemocrat · incumbent
47.6%1,814
3,813 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 1988

Races before and after

EvenD+22.01978D+11.81980D+11.31982R+4.91988D+2.21990R+7.31992

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