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2008Final results

2008 election for Montana House District 88

Montana House of Representatives · Montana

Bob Lake (R) won with 51.3% of the vote, defeating Patrick Boylan (D) by 2.7 points.

Bob LakeRepublican · winner · incumbent
51.3%2,486
48.7%2,357
4,843 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 2008

Races before and after

EvenR+25.51996R+5.62004R+8.62006R+2.72008R+17.12010R+21.72012

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