2000Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2000 election for Montana Senate District 3
Montana State Senate · Montana
Gerald Pease (D) won with 52.0% of the vote, defeating Reinhold Jabs (R) by 4.0 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Gerald PeaseDemocrat · winner
52.0%2,677
Reinhold JabsRepublican · incumbent
48.0%2,472
5,149 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