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2002Final resultsIncumbent defeated

2002 election for Montana House District 51

Montana House of Representatives · Montana

Jill Cohenour (D) won with 57.2% of the vote, defeating Gilda Clancy (R) by 14.3 points.

Jill CohenourDemocrat · winner
57.2%2,010
Gilda ClancyRepublican · incumbent
42.8%1,506
3,516 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+22.41996R+22.81998R+3.52000D+14.32002D+2.92004D+17.82006

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