1998Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1998 election for Montana House District 61
Montana House of Representatives · Montana
Jim Shockley (R) won with 57.3% of the vote, defeating Dorothy C. Simpson (D) by 14.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Jim ShockleyRepublican · winner
57.3%2,726
Dorothy C. SimpsonDemocrat · incumbent
42.7%2,035
4,761 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 1998
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET