2000Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
2000 election for Montana House District 54
Montana House of Representatives · Montana
Hal Jacobson (D) won with 61.1% of the vote, defeating Ward Shanahan (R) by 22.3 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Hal JacobsonDemocrat · winner
61.1%2,795
Ward ShanahanRepublican
38.9%1,776
4,571 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