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1996Final results

1996 election for Montana Senate District 3

Montana State Senate · Montana

Reinhold Jabs (R) won with 55.4% of the vote, defeating Dennis Beaumont (D) by 10.8 points.

Reinhold JabsRepublican · winner · incumbent
55.4%2,928
44.6%2,356
5,284 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

EvenR+5.71986D+0.11990R+13.51994R+10.81996D+4.02000R+39.92004

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