2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
2010 election for Montana House District 8
Montana House of Representatives · Montana
Steve Lavin (R) won with 52.5% of the vote, defeating Bryan Schutt (D) by 15.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Steve LavinRepublican · winner
52.5%1,465
Bryan SchuttDemocrat
37.0%1,031
Bill JonesIndependent
10.5%294
2,790 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