1990Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1990 election for Montana House District 97
Montana House of Representatives · Montana
John F. Scott (D) won with 50.3% of the vote, defeating John W. Patterson (R) by 0.7 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
John F. ScottDemocrat · winner
50.3%1,496
John W. PattersonRepublican · incumbent
49.7%1,476
2,972 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