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2004 election for Montana House District 81

Montana House of Representatives · Montana

Christine Kaufmann (D) won with 70.9% of the vote, defeating Bob Leach (R) by 41.7 points, a seat Republicans won last time.

Christine KaufmannDemocrat · winner · incumbent
70.9%3,000
Bob LeachRepublican
29.1%1,233
4,233 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+14.81994R+31.51998R+65.52000D+41.72004D+46.62006D+39.62008

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