1996Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1996 election for Montana House District 6
Montana House of Representatives · Montana
Gerald Pease (D) won with 54.0% of the vote, defeating Judy Rice Murdock (R) by 8.0 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Gerald PeaseDemocrat · winner
54.0%1,516
Judy Rice MurdockRepublican · incumbent
46.0%1,292
2,808 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