1990Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1990 election for Montana Senate District 47
Montana State Senate · Montana
David Rye (R) won with 51.0% of the vote, defeating Pat Regan (D) by 2.1 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
David RyeRepublican · winner
51.0%2,141
Pat ReganDemocrat · incumbent
49.0%2,053
4,194 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