1990Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1990 election for Montana House District 76
Montana House of Representatives · Montana
Joe Barnett (R) won with 52.2% of the vote, defeating Vernon L. Westlake (D) by 4.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Joe BarnettRepublican · winner
52.2%1,933
Vernon L. WestlakeDemocrat · incumbent
47.8%1,771
3,704 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 1990
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET