1998Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1998 election for Montana House District 78
Montana House of Representatives · Montana
Roger Somerville (R) won with 50.5% of the vote, defeating Tim Dowell (D) by 1.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Roger SomervilleRepublican · winner
50.5%1,389
Tim DowellDemocrat · incumbent
49.5%1,361
2,750 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