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1996 general · November 5, 1996

1996 Montana House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every Montana House of Representatives district in the 1996 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Republicans controlled the chamber · 100 seats

After the electionD 35 · R 65
Races100
Changed party10
Unopposed35%35 races
Incumbents defeated6

Every district

D 35 · R 65

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-1Marian W. Hanson (R)Unopposed
HD-2John Johnson (D)Unopposed
HD-3Tom Zook (R)33.0
HD-4Ellen Bergman (R)5.2
HD-5Lila V. Taylor (R)12.0
HD-6Gerald Pease (D)8.0FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-7Don Holland (R)6.2
HD-8Robert C. Clark (R)Unopposed
HD-9H. S. Hanson (R)Unopposed
HD-10Royal C. Johnson (R)37.6
HD-11Kim Gillan (D)12.3Flipped
HD-12Loren L. Soft (R)10.1
HD-13Joan Hurdle (D)7.5
HD-14John C. Bohlinger (R)Unopposed
HD-15Wes Prouse (R)31.1
HD-16Jay Stovall (R)19.3
HD-17Billie Krenzler (D)3.3FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-18Bruce T. Simon (R)31.6
HD-19Norm Mills (R)25.1
HD-20Peggy Arnott (R)15.7
HD-21Daniel W. McGee (R)21.2
HD-22Brad Molnar (R)3.8
HD-23Alvin A. Ellis Jr. (R)26.6
HD-24Robert R. Story Jr. (R)Unopposed
HD-25Shiell W. Anderson (R)45.2
HD-26Bob Raney (D)14.1
HD-27Jack Wells (R)12.6
HD-28Rod Marshall (R)7.8
HD-29Beverly Barnhart (D)23.2
HD-30Emily Swanson (D)13.7
HD-31Steve Vick (R)23.1
HD-32Joe Barnett (R)63.3
HD-33Karl Ohs (R)Unopposed
HD-34Bill Tash (R)Unopposed
HD-35Haley Beaudry (R)13.2Flipped
HD-36Joe Quilici (D)Unopposed
HD-37Robert J. Pavlovich (D)Unopposed
HD-38Dan W. Harrington (D)Unopposed
HD-39Duane Grimes (R)8.2
HD-40Gay Ann Masolo (R)Unopposed
HD-41William R. Wiseman (R)5.8
HD-42Trudi Schmidt (D)3.2FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-43Diana E. Wyatt (D)15.1
HD-44William M. Ryan (D)43.0
HD-45Deb Kottel (D)4.0
HD-46Carley Tuss (D)37.5
HD-47Joseph Tropila (D)25.7
HD-48Patrick G. Galvin (D)Unopposed
HD-49Richard D. Simpkins (R)45.0
HD-50John Cobb (R)Unopposed
HD-51Chris Ahner (R)22.4
HD-52Hal Harper (D)33.5
HD-53David Ewer (D)Unopposed
HD-54Chase Hibbard (R)37.2
HD-55Edward J. Grady (R)21.3
HD-56Liz Smith (R)6.2
HD-57William Menahan (D)Unopposed
HD-58Douglas Mood (R)5.8FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-59Cliff Trexler (R)Unopposed
HD-60Allan Walters (R)Unopposed
HD-61Dorothy C. Simpson (D)1.5FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-62Matt Brainard (R)14.7
HD-63Matt Denny (R)1.9
HD-64Vicki Cocchiarella (D)Unopposed
HD-65Jon Ellingson (D)Unopposed
HD-66Diane Sands (D)Unopposed
HD-67Bill Carey (D)61.6
HD-68Carolyn Squires (D)17.1
HD-69Bob Ream (D)Unopposed
HD-70Linda McCulloch (D)28.0
HD-71Sylvia Bookoutreinicke (R)12.9Flipped
HD-72Paul Bankhead (R)5.1Flipped
HD-73Rick Jore (R)12.6
HD-74John A. Mercer (R)Unopposed
HD-75Bob Keenan (R)23.2
HD-76Paul Sliter (R)35.4
HD-77Rod Bitney (R)15.7
HD-78Tim Dowell (D)3.7FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-79William E. Boharski (R)Unopposed
HD-80Bob Lawson (R)20.2
HD-81Aubyn Curtiss (R)Unopposed
HD-82Scott J. Orr (R)17.2
HD-83Douglas T. Wagner (R)15.0
HD-84Darrel Adams (R)25.9
HD-85George Heavyrunner (D)Unopposed
HD-86Harriet Hayne (R)28.5
HD-87John Rose (R)Unopposed
HD-88Gary Feland (R)25.5
HD-89Roger Debruycker (R)Unopposed
HD-90Antionette R. Hagener (D)Unopposed
HD-91Ray Peck (D)Unopposed
HD-92Matt McCann (D)Unopposed
HD-93Dick Knox (R)Unopposed
HD-94Larry Hal Grinde (R)Unopposed
HD-95Ernest Bergsagel (R)44.2
HD-96Sam Kitzenberg (R)Unopposed
HD-97Charles R. Devaney (R)18.4
HD-98Bill Whitehead (D)Unopposed
HD-99Betty Lou Kasten (R)27.1
HD-100William Rehbein Jr. (R)44.8

Montana House of Representatives

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner