1998Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1998 election for Montana House District 72
Montana House of Representatives · Montana
Paul Clark (D) won with 51.9% of the vote, defeating Paul Bankhead (R) by 3.9 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Paul ClarkDemocrat · winner
51.9%2,015
Paul BankheadRepublican · incumbent
48.1%1,865
3,880 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