2004Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2004 election for Montana House District 53
Montana House of Representatives · Montana
Elsie Arntzen (R) won with 54.6% of the vote, defeating Carol Gibson (D) by 9.2 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Elsie ArntzenRepublican · winner
54.6%2,125
Carol GibsonDemocrat · incumbent
45.4%1,766
3,891 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 2004
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET