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2002Final resultsIncumbent defeated

2002 election for Montana House District 18

Montana House of Representatives · Montana

Arlene Becker (D) won with 53.0% of the vote, defeating Dennis Himmelberger (R) by 5.9 points.

Arlene BeckerDemocrat · winner
53.0%1,506
Dennis HimmelbergerRepublican · incumbent
47.0%1,338
2,844 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 2002

Races before and after

EvenR+35.81994R+31.61996R+20.32000D+5.92002R+18.82004R+23.52006

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