1996Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1996 election for Montana House District 42
Montana House of Representatives · Montana
Trudi Schmidt (D) won with 51.6% of the vote, defeating Rose Forbes (R) by 3.2 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Trudi SchmidtDemocrat · winner
51.6%1,977
Rose ForbesRepublican · incumbent
48.4%1,856
3,833 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 1996
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET