1990Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1990 election for Montana Senate District 16
Montana State Senate · Montana
Francis Koehnke (D) won with 57.0% of the vote, defeating Herbert H. Townsend (R) by 13.9 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Francis KoehnkeDemocrat · winner
57.0%3,979
Herbert H. TownsendRepublican
43.0%3,007
6,986 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