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2004 election for Montana House District 8

Montana House of Representatives · Montana

Tim Dowell (D) won with 52.0% of the vote, defeating Craig Witte (R) by 4.1 points, a seat Republicans won last time.

Tim DowellDemocrat · winner · incumbent
52.0%2,096
Craig WitteRepublican
48.0%1,931
4,027 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

EvenR+41.91994R+56.31998R+36.52000D+4.12004R+1.22006D+0.32008

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