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2012Final results

2012 election for Montana Senate District 9

Montana State Senate · Montana

Rick Ripley (R) won with 68.9% of the vote, defeating Ron Szabo (D) by 37.8 points.

Rick RipleyRepublican · winner · incumbent
68.9%6,251
Ron SzaboDemocrat
31.1%2,822
9,073 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 2012

Races before and after

EvenR+3.01998D+8.22002R+20.72008R+37.82012R+51.62014R+46.52018

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