2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
2010 election for Montana House District 78
Montana House of Representatives · Montana
Steve Gibson (R) won with 58.7% of the vote, defeating Joe Cohenour (D) by 17.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Steve GibsonRepublican · winner
58.7%2,011
Joe CohenourDemocrat
41.3%1,413
3,424 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 2010
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET