2000Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2000 election for Montana House District 5
Montana House of Representatives · Montana
Norma Bixby (D) won with 50.8% of the vote, defeating Lila V. Taylor (R) by 1.6 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Norma BixbyDemocrat · winner
50.8%1,194
Lila V. TaylorRepublican · incumbent
49.2%1,156
2,350 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 2000
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET