2000Final results
2000 election for Montana Senate District 17
Montana State Senate · Montana
Bill Tash (R) won with 73.8% of the vote, defeating Marcia Fairhurst (D) by 47.6 points.
Bill TashRepublican · winner
73.8%6,470
Marcia FairhurstDemocrat
26.2%2,299
8,769 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