1996Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1996 election for Montana Senate District 35
Montana State Senate · Montana
Dale Mahlum (R) won with 52.2% of the vote, defeating Jeff Weldon (D) by 4.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Dale MahlumRepublican · winner
52.2%4,934
Jeff WeldonDemocrat · incumbent
47.8%4,521
9,455 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