2000Final results
2000 election for Montana House District 62
Montana House of Representatives · Montana
Butch Waddill (R) won with 48.6% of the vote, defeating Jean Ellen Belangienye (D) by 3.2 points.
Butch WaddillRepublican · winner
48.6%2,246
Jean Ellen BelangienyeDemocrat
45.5%2,100
Lou HatchOther party
5.9%274
4,620 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