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2002Final results

2002 election for Montana House District 27

Montana House of Representatives · Montana

Scott Sales (R) won with 54.0% of the vote, defeating Art Carlson (D) by 8.0 points.

Scott SalesRepublican · winner
54.0%3,135
Art CarlsonDemocrat
46.0%2,670
5,805 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+12.61996R+3.01998R+6.82000R+8.02002R+4.42004R+49.32010

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