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2006 election for Montana Senate District 23

Montana State Senate · Montana

Kelly Gebhardt (R) won with 69.3% of the vote, defeating Ray Tracy (D) by 38.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

Kelly GebhardtRepublican · winner · incumbent
69.3%6,303
Ray TracyDemocrat
30.7%2,797
9,100 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 2006

Races before and after

EvenR+11.71974D+19.71992D+27.81994R+38.52006R+32.32016D+13.82026

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