1990Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1990 election for Montana Senate District 17
Montana State Senate · Montana
Eve Franklin (D) won with 59.3% of the vote, defeating Darryl Meyer (R) by 18.7 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Eve FranklinDemocrat · winner
59.3%2,107
Darryl MeyerRepublican · incumbent
40.7%1,444
3,551 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