1988Flipped from DemocraticFinal results

1988 election for Montana Senate District 13

Montana State Senate · Montana

Gerry Devlin (R) won with 57.4% of the vote, defeating Paul Ringling (D) by 14.7 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

Gerry DevlinRepublican · winner
57.4%3,702
42.6%2,752
6,454 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

EvenR+5.81974R+27.61976D+8.31984R+14.71988R+31.21992R+13.42002

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