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1996 election for Montana Senate District 27

Montana State Senate · Montana

Sue Bartlett (D) won with 71.6% of the vote, defeating Frank A. Piocos (R) by 43.2 points, a seat Republicans won last time.

Sue BartlettDemocrat · winner · incumbent
71.6%6,041
Frank A. PiocosRepublican
28.4%2,398
8,439 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

EvenD+0.11984D+5.61988R+13.91992D+43.21996D+2.82000R+14.12004

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET