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2000Final results

2000 election for Montana House District 53

Montana House of Representatives · Montana

Christine Kaufmann (D) won with 68.5% of the vote, defeating Cory Swanson (R) by 37.0 points.

Christine KaufmannDemocrat · winner
68.5%2,564
Cory SwansonRepublican
31.5%1,179
3,743 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

EvenD+6.51990D+21.51992D+23.81994D+37.02000D+28.22002R+9.22004

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET