1976 Montana House of Representatives election

1976 Montana House of Representatives election
	November 2, 1976
All 100 seats in the Montana House of Representatives; 51 seats needed for a majority
Speaker before election; Pat McKittrick; Democratic	Elected Speaker ; John Brian Driscoll; Democratic

The 1976 Montana House of Representatives election took place on November 2, 1976, with the primary election held on June 1, 1976. Montana voters elected all 100 members of the Montana House of Representatives to serve two-year terms.^[4] The election coincided with United States national elections and Montana state elections, including U.S. President, U.S. Senate, U.S. House, Montana Governor and Montana Senate.^[5]^[6]

Following the previous election in 1974, Democrats held a 67-to-33-seat majority over Republicans.^[7]^[8]^[9] Democrats maintained their majority in the legislature with 57 seats, while Republicans were elected in 43 seats—giving Republicans a net gain of 10 seats.^[7]^[5]^[6] The newly elected members served in the 45th Montana State Legislature, during which Democrat John Brian Driscoll was elected Speaker of the Montana House.^[3]

Retiring incumbents

Democrats

District 8: Steven N. Helmbrecht
District 23: Orin P. Kendall
District 25: James F. Fleming Jr.
District 32: Paul T. Richards
District 37: Dennis A. Lester
District 40: Bill Thomas
District 42: Pat McKittrick
District 61: Roberto M. Federico
District 83: Al Luebeck
District 88: Robert J. "Bob" Harper
District 97: Duane Johnson
District 100: Daniel Kemmis

Republicans

District 3: Dennis D. Casey
District 31: A. T. "Tom" Rasmussen
District 45: Elmer Schye
District 60: Tom Hager
District 64: Lloyd C. Lockrem Jr.
District 65: Wallace W. "Wally" Mercer
District 79: William E. "Bill" Asher
District 82: C. R. Anderson

Incumbents defeated in primary election

Democrats

District 14: Gail M. Stoltz
District 17: James A. Sloan
District 24: Joseph M. Magone
District 39: Duane P. "Mac" McFadden
District 86: R. F. "Bob" Kelly

Republican

District 81: John H. Anderson Jr.

Incumbents defeated in general election

Democrats

District 1: Glenn Jacobsen
District 4: Ernest L. Kummerfeldt
District 10: Fred Fishbaugh
District 18: James Moore
District 19: Bob Finley
District 20: William G. Gwynn
District 43: Geraldine W. Travis
District 47: John Murphy
District 71: Martha S. Herlevi
District 72: Alvin Hageman
District 74: Dan Yardley
District 92: Sam Wolfe

Republicans

District 30: Betty L. Babcock
District 52: Lee Hubing
District 66: A. B. Guthrie

Summary of results

Italics denote an open seat held by the incumbent party; bold text denotes a gain for a party.^[4]^[5]^[6]

State house district	Incumbent		Elected representative
1	Glenn Jacobsen	Dem	Dennis G. Nathe	Rep gain
2	Art Lund	Rep	Art Lund	Rep hold
3	Dennis D. Casey	Rep	Orren C. Vinger	Rep hold
4	Ernest L. Kummerfeldt	Dem	G. C. "Jerry" Feda	Rep gain
5	Paul K. Kropp	Rep	Paul K. Kropp	Rep hold
6	Francis Bardanouve	Dem	Francis Bardanouve	Dem hold
7	Robert Sivertsen	Rep	Robert Sivertsen	Rep hold
8	Steven N. Helmbrecht	Dem	Edna A. Gunderson	Dem hold
9	David Aageson	Rep	David Aageson	Rep hold
10	Fred Fishbaugh	Dem	Audrey Roth	Rep gain
11	Rex Manuel	Dem	Rex Manuel	Dem hold
12	Melvin Underdal	Rep	Melvin Underdal	Rep hold
13	George R. Johnston	Dem	George R. Johnston	Dem hold
14	Gail M. Stoltz	Dem	Leo M. Kennerly Jr.	Dem hold
15	Russell Baeth	Dem	Russell Baeth	Dem hold
16	Ora J. Halvorson	Dem	Ora J. Halvorson	Dem hold
17	James A. Sloan	Dem	Jack Brian Uhde	Dem hold
18	James Moore	Dem	Lee Tower	Rep gain
19	Bob Finley	Dem	Clyde A. Turner	Rep gain
20	William G. Gwynn	Dem	Aubyn A. Curtiss	Rep gain
21	William R. "Bill" Baeth	Dem	William R. "Bill" Baeth	Dem hold
22	Arthur H. Shelden	Dem	Arthur H. Shelden	Dem hold
23	Orin P. Kendall	Dem	Chris H. Stobie	Rep gain
24	Joseph M. Magone	Dem	Harry Hansen	Dem hold
25	James F. Fleming Jr.^[a]	Dem	William Ray Jensen	Rep gain
26	Carl A. Seifert	Rep	Carl A. Seifert	Rep hold
27	Verner L. Bertelsen	Rep	Verner L. Bertelsen	Rep hold
28	Joe Brand	Dem	Joe Brand	Dem hold
29	Peter M. "Mike" Meloy	Dem	Peter M. "Mike" Meloy	Dem hold
30	Betty L. Babcock	Rep	Hal Harper	Dem gain
31	A. T. "Tom" Rasmussen	Rep	Jerry Metcalf	Dem gain
32	Paul T. Richards	Dem	JoEllen Estenson	Dem hold
33	John B. Staigmiller	Dem	John B. Staigmiller	Dem hold
34	Helen G. O'Connell	Dem	Helen G. O'Connell	Dem hold
35	Jack Gunderson	Dem	Jack Gunderson	Dem hold
36	Joe Tropila	Dem	Joe Tropila	Dem hold
37	Dennis A. Lester	Dem	Patrick L. Ryan	Dem hold
38	Peter J. Gilligan Jr.	Dem	Peter J. Gilligan Jr.	Dem hold
39	Duane P. "Mac" McFadden	Dem	Paul G. Pistoria	Dem hold
40	Bill Thomas	Dem	John F. Kenny	Dem hold
41	Jack K. Moore	Rep	Jack K. Moore	Rep hold
42	Pat McKittrick	Dem	Darryl Meyer	Rep gain
43	Geraldine W. Travis	Dem	Warren O'Keefe	Rep gain
44	W. Jay Fabrega	Rep	W. Jay Fabrega	Rep hold
45	Elmer Schye	Rep	Burt Hurwitz	Rep hold
46	Hershel M. Robbins	Dem	Hershel M. Robbins	Dem hold
47	John Murphy	Dem	Gene N. Ernst	Rep gain
48	Fred O. Barrett	Rep	Fred O. Barrett	Rep hold
49	Edward Lien	Dem	Edward Lien	Dem hold
50	E. N. Dassinger	Dem	E. N. Dassinger	Dem hold
51	Carroll V. South	Dem	Carroll V. South	Dem hold
52	Lee Hubing	Rep	Les J. Hirsch	Dem gain
53	Oscar S. Kvaalen	Rep	Oscar S. Kvaalen	Rep hold
54	William M. "Willie" Day	Dem	William M. "Willie" Day	Dem hold
55	L. E. "Gene" Wood	Rep	L. E. "Gene" Wood	Rep hold
56	Harold A. Wyrick	Rep	Harold A. Wyrick	Rep hold
57	Carl M. Smith	Rep	Carl M. Smith	Rep hold
58	Thomas R. Conroy	Dem	Thomas R. Conroy	Dem hold
59	Esther G. Bengtson	Dem	Esther G. Bengtson	Dem hold
60	Tom Hager	Rep	Eugene F. Frates	Dem gain
61	Roberto M. Federico	Dem	Gary L. Colburn	Dem hold
62	Harold E. Gerke	Dem	Harold E. Gerke	Dem hold
63	Harrison G. Fagg	Rep	Harrison G. Fagg	Rep hold
64	Lloyd C. Lockrem Jr.	Rep	Jack Ramirez	Rep hold
65	Wallace W. "Wally" Mercer	Rep	Howard C. Porter	Rep hold
66	A. B. Guthrie	Rep	Gerald R. Kessler	Dem gain
67	Polly Holmes	Dem	Polly Holmes	Dem hold
68	Herb Huennekens	Dem	Herb Huennekens	Dem hold
69	Wes Teague	Dem	Wes Teague	Dem hold
70	J. Melvin Williams	Dem	J. Melvin Williams	Dem hold
71	Martha S. Herlevi	Dem	James H. "Jim" Burnett	Rep gain
72	Alvin Hageman	Dem	V. Jean McLane	Rep gain
73	Orval S. Ellison	Rep	Orval S. Ellison	Rep hold
74	Dan Yardley	Dem	Edith E. Cox	Rep gain
75	Robert A. Ellerd	Rep	Robert A. Ellerd	Rep hold
76	John P. Scully	Dem	John P. Scully	Dem hold
77	Dorothy M. Bradley	Dem	Dorothy M. Bradley	Dem hold
78	John Vincent	Dem	John Vincent	Dem hold
79	William E. "Bill" Asher	Rep	Dale H. Davis	Rep hold
80	Robert L. "Bob" Marks	Rep	Robert L. "Bob" Marks	Rep hold
81	John H. Anderson Jr.	Rep	Kerry R. Keyser	Rep hold
82	C. R. Anderson	Rep	William M. Hand	Dem gain
83	Al Luebeck	Dem	Mike Cooney	Dem hold
84	Joe Quilici	Dem	Joe Quilici	Dem hold
85	James T. Mular	Dem	James T. Mular	Dem hold
86	R. F. "Bob" Kelly	Dem	Jim Courtney	Dem hold
87	John "J.D." Lynch	Dem	John "J.D." Lynch	Dem hold
88	Robert J. "Bob" Harper	Dem	Dan W. Harrington	Dem hold
89	Joe F. Kanduch Sr.	Dem	Joe F. Kanduch Sr.	Dem hold
90	William "Red" Menahan	Dem	William "Red" Menahan	Dem hold
91	John Brian Driscoll	Dem	John Brian Driscoll	Dem hold
92	Sam Wolfe	Dem	Elmer D. Severson	Rep gain
93	Howard L. Ellis	Rep	Howard L. Ellis	Rep hold
94	Gary Niles Kimble	Dem	Gary Niles Kimble	Dem hold
95	Ann Mary Dussault	Dem	Ann Mary Dussault	Dem hold
96	Bob Palmer	Dem	Bob Palmer	Dem hold
97	Duane Johnson	Dem	Steve Waldron	Dem hold
98	R. Budd Gould	Rep	R. Budd Gould	Rep hold
99	Earl C. Lory	Rep	Earl C. Lory	Rep hold
100	Daniel Kemmis	Dem	Ralph S. Eudaily	Rep gain

Detailed results by district

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District 1

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Glenn Jacobsen (incumbent)	966	100.00%
Total votes			966	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dennis G. Nathe^[b]	287	100.00%
Total votes			287	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dennis G. Nathe	1,712	51.41%
	Democratic	Glenn Jacobsen (incumbent)	1,618	48.59%
Total votes			3,330	100.00%
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 2

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Art Lund (incumbent)	707	100.00%
Total votes			707	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Art Lund (incumbent)	2,228	100.00%
Total votes			2,228	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 3

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Raymond Randolph	639	100.00%
Total votes			639	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Orren C. Vinger	640	100.00%
Total votes			640	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Orren C. Vinger	1,641	55.01%
	Democratic	Raymond Randolph	1,342	44.99%
Total votes			2,983	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 4

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ernest L. Kummerfeldt (incumbent)	505	51.37%
	Democratic	William R. "Bill" Beede	478	48.63%
Total votes			983	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	G. C. "Jerry" Feda	608	100.00%
Total votes			608	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	G. C. "Jerry" Feda	1,604	52.92%
	Democratic	Ernest L. Kummerfeldt (incumbent)	1,427	47.08%
Total votes			3,031	100.00%
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 5

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ric Floren	705	100.00%
Total votes			705	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul K. Kropp (incumbent)	892	100.00%
Total votes			892	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul K. Kropp (incumbent)	1,900	58.91%
	Democratic	Ric Floren	1,325	41.09%
Total votes			3,225	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 6

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Francis Bardanouve (incumbent)	905	100.00%
Total votes			905	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Francis Bardanouve (incumbent)	2,326	100.00%
Total votes			2,326	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 7

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Raymond G. Watson	806	100.00%
Total votes			806	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert Sivertsen (incumbent)	609	100.00%
Total votes			609	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert Sivertsen (incumbent)	1,705	59.97%
	Democratic	Raymond G. Watson	1,138	40.03%
Total votes			2,843	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 8

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edna A. Gunderson	599	59.60%
	Democratic	Charles F. Grant	216	21.49%
	Democratic	Sean T. Mathews	190	18.91%
Total votes			1,005	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ralph H. Patrick	437	100.00%
Total votes			437	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edna A. Gunderson	1,424	51.33%
	Republican	Ralph H. Patrick	1,350	48.67%
Total votes			2,774	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 9

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Walter Laas	966	100.00%
Total votes			966	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Aageson (incumbent)	832	100.00%
Total votes			832	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Aageson (incumbent)	1,941	64.85%
	Democratic	Walter Laas	1,052	35.15%
Total votes			2,993	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 10

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Fred Fishbaugh (incumbent)	1,016	100.00%
Total votes			1,016	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Audrey Roth^[b]	219	100.00%
Total votes			219	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Audrey Roth	1,774	50.86%
	Democratic	Fred Fishbaugh (incumbent)	1,714	49.14%
Total votes			3,488	100.00%
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 11

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rex Manuel (incumbent)	1,234	100.00%
Total votes			1,234	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gwen Larson	949	100.00%
Total votes			949	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rex Manuel (incumbent)	2,234	56.69%
	Republican	Gwen Larson	1,707	43.31%
Total votes			3,941	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 12

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Earl C. Keister	787	100.00%
Total votes			787	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Melvin Underdal (incumbent)	984	100.00%
Total votes			984	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Melvin Underdal (incumbent)	2,156	63.81%
	Democratic	Earl C. Keister	1,223	36.19%
Total votes			3,379	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 13

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George R. Johnston (incumbent)	649	100.00%
Total votes			649	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George R. Johnston (incumbent)	2,366	100.00%
Total votes			2,366	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 14

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Leo M. Kennerly Jr.	537	51.29%
	Democratic	Gail M. Stoltz (incumbent)	352	33.62%
	Democratic	Geraldine Wells Gordon	158	15.09%
Total votes			1,047	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	J. W. "Bill" Rappold	390	76.77%
	Republican	Martina Arnoux	118	23.23%
Total votes			508	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Leo M. Kennerly Jr.	1,265	54.55%
	Republican	J. W. "Bill" Rappold	1,054	45.45%
Total votes			2,319	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 15

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Russell Baeth (incumbent)	817	100.00%
Total votes			817	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Russell Baeth (incumbent)	2,388	100.00%
Total votes			2,388	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 16

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ora J. "Mrs. Stan" Halvorson (incumbent)	793	100.00%
Total votes			793	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Betty Norem	769	100.00%
Total votes			769	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ora J. "Mrs. Stan" Halvorson (incumbent)	2,037	55.41%
	Republican	Betty Norem	1,639	44.59%
Total votes			3,676	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 17

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jack Brian Uhde	497	55.47%
	Democratic	James A. Sloan (incumbent)	399	44.53%
Total votes			896	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom L. Jones	567	64.14%
	Republican	Emery E. Wittlake	317	35.86%
Total votes			884	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jack Brian Uhde	1,937	56.37%
	Republican	Tom L. Jones	1,499	43.63%
Total votes			3,436	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 18

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James Moore (incumbent)	723	100.00%
Total votes			723	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lee Tower	929	100.00%
Total votes			929	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lee Tower	1,896	51.38%
	Democratic	James Moore (incumbent)	1,794	48.62%
Total votes			3,690	100.00%
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 19

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bob Finley (incumbent)	897	100.00%
Total votes			897	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Clyde A. Turner	683	100.00%
Total votes			683	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Clyde A. Turner	1,786	51.22%
	Democratic	Bob Finley (incumbent)	1,701	48.78%
Total votes			3,487	100.00%
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 20

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William G. Gwynn (incumbent)	633	74.56%
	Democratic	Donald Barge	216	25.44%
Total votes			849	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Aubyn A. Curtiss	412	68.10%
	Republican	Bing Holling	193	31.90%
Total votes			605	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Aubyn A. Curtiss	1,418	51.47%
	Democratic	William G. Gwynn (incumbent)	1,337	48.53%
Total votes			2,755	100.00%
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 21

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William R. "Bill" Baeth (incumbent)	415	41.54%
	Democratic	Herbert Edward Stout	338	33.83%
	Democratic	Ellsworth "Rip" Collins	246	24.62%
Total votes			999	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William R. "Bill" Baeth (incumbent)	2,030	100.00%
Total votes			2,030	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 22

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Arthur H. Shelden (incumbent)	533	58.51%
	Democratic	Dorothy Geer	378	41.49%
Total votes			911	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Arthur H. Shelden (incumbent)	1,930	100.00%
Total votes			1,930	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 23

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William E. Shull	581	57.58%
	Democratic	Walter R. Martin	428	42.42%
Total votes			1,009	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chris H. Stobie	563	63.54%
	Republican	Jack J. Nichols	323	36.46%
Total votes			886	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chris H. Stobie	2,072	59.73%
	Democratic	William E. Shull	1,397	40.27%
Total votes			3,469	100.00%
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 24

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harry Hansen	713	45.21%
	Democratic	Joseph M. Magone (incumbent)	665	42.17%
	Democratic	Victor D. Wright	199	12.62%
Total votes			1,577	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harry Hansen	2,560	100.00%
Total votes			2,560	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 25

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James F. Fleming Jr. (incumbent)^[a]	903	100.00%
Total votes			903	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William Ray Jensen	467	55.33%
	Republican	W. D. McDaniel	377	44.67%
Total votes			844	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William Ray Jensen	1,650	50.23%
	Democratic	Raymond K. Harbin^[a]	1,635	49.77%
Total votes			3,285	100.00%
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 26

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Larry L. Robinson	469	64.25%
	Democratic	Thomas A. Gray	261	35.75%
Total votes			730	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Carl A. Seifert (incumbent)	872	58.96%
	Republican	Gordon W. Livingston	607	41.04%
Total votes			1,479	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Carl A. Seifert (incumbent)	1,707	44.20%
	Democratic	Larry L. Robinson	1,469	38.04%
	Independent	Dale Bryson	686	17.76%
Total votes			3,862	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 27

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George W. Thompson	870	100.00%
Total votes			870	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Verner L. Bertelsen (incumbent)	1,009	100.00%
Total votes			1,009	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Verner L. Bertelsen (incumbent)	2,005	58.76%
	Democratic	George W. Thompson	1,407	41.24%
Total votes			3,412	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 28

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Brand (incumbent)	935	100.00%
Total votes			935	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Don Valiton	624	100.00%
Total votes			624	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Brand (incumbent)	1,574	57.89%
	Republican	Don Valiton	1,145	42.11%
Total votes			2,719	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 29

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Peter M. "Mike" Meloy (incumbent)	793	60.21%
	Democratic	Mike Morgan	524	39.79%
Total votes			1,317	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John F. Bell	896	100.00%
Total votes			896	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Peter M. "Mike" Meloy (incumbent)	2,296	53.83%
	Republican	John F. Bell	1,969	46.17%
Total votes			4,265	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 30

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Hal Harper	777	69.44%
	Democratic	Allen "Al" McCarthy	342	30.56%
Total votes			1,119	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Betty L. Babcock (incumbent)	974	100.00%
Total votes			974	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Hal Harper	2,164	54.74%
	Republican	Betty L. Babcock (incumbent)	1,789	45.26%
Total votes			3,953	100.00%
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 31

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jerry Metcalf	730	100.00%
Total votes			730	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sheila M. Sullivan	413	57.76%
	Republican	Dave Middlemas	302	42.24%
Total votes			715	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jerry Metcalf	1,679	57.46%
	Republican	Sheila M. Sullivan	1,243	42.54%
Total votes			2,922	100.00%
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 32

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	JoEllen Estenson	297	25.26%
	Democratic	William J. Orsello	255	21.68%
	Democratic	Ken Myers	230	19.56%
	Democratic	Hal Jacobson	221	18.79%
	Democratic	Robert "Van" VanDerVere	173	14.71%
Total votes			1,176	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Hugh P. McElwain	604	55.36%
	Republican	Jean Miller	487	44.64%
Total votes			1,091	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	JoEllen Estenson	2,111	54.32%
	Republican	Hugh P. McElwain	1,775	45.68%
Total votes			3,886	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 33

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John B. Staigmiller (incumbent)	816	100.00%
Total votes			816	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Arthur W. Mills	637	100.00%
Total votes			637	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John B. Staigmiller (incumbent)	1,535	53.73%
	Republican	Arthur W. Mills	1,322	46.27%
Total votes			2,857	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 34

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Helen G. O'Connell (incumbent)	517	47.91%
	Democratic	Gertrude Lindgren	298	27.62%
	Democratic	Kim E. Schreiner	264	24.47%
Total votes			1,079	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Glenn W. Decker	227	100.00%
Total votes			227	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Helen G. O'Connell (incumbent)	1,603	65.59%
	Republican	Glenn W. Decker	841	34.41%
Total votes			2,444	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 35

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jack Gunderson (incumbent)	451	63.25%
	Democratic	John Cefro	262	36.75%
Total votes			713	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Warren^[c]	290	100.00%
Total votes			290	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jack Gunderson (incumbent)	1,337	60.83%
	Republican	Bob Dosser^[c]	861	39.17%
Total votes			2,198	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 36

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Tropila (incumbent)	738	100.00%
Total votes			738	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jesse Allen O'Hara	420	100.00%
Total votes			420	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Tropila (incumbent)	1,369	52.07%
	Republican	Jesse Allen O'Hara	1,260	47.93%
Total votes			2,629	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 37

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Patrick L. Ryan	337	46.74%
	Democratic	Darryl Monroe Gray	183	25.38%
	Democratic	Rick B. Lester	115	15.95%
	Democratic	Ann Brown	86	11.93%
Total votes			721	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles C. Carrico	145	58.47%
	Republican	Dave Hantelman	103	41.53%
Total votes			248	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Patrick L. Ryan	1,189	64.69%
	Republican	Charles C. Carrico	649	35.31%
Total votes			1,838	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 38

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Peter J. Gilligan Jr. (incumbent)	654	100.00%
Total votes			654	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Edward F. Anderson	288	100.00%
Total votes			288	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Peter J. Gilligan Jr. (incumbent)	1,351	61.83%
	Republican	Edward F. Anderson	834	38.17%
Total votes			2,185	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 39

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Paul G. Pistoria	362	40.27%
	Democratic	Duane P. "Mac" McFadden (incumbent)	274	30.48%
	Democratic	William C. Hodges	166	18.46%
	Democratic	Charlie Miles	97	10.79%
Total votes			899	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Channing J. Hartelius	281	100.00%
Total votes			281	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Paul G. Pistoria	1,203	54.31%
	Republican	Channing J. Hartelius	1,012	45.69%
Total votes			2,215	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 40

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John F. Kenny	684	100.00%
Total votes			684	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Andrea "Andy" Hemstad	416	100.00%
Total votes			416	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John F. Kenny	1,333	50.42%
	Republican	Andrea "Andy" Hemstad	1,311	49.58%
Total votes			2,644	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 41

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Thomas F. O'Brien	499	59.26%
	Democratic	Richard E. Manning	343	40.74%
Total votes			842	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jack K. Moore (incumbent)	657	100.00%
Total votes			657	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jack K. Moore (incumbent)	1,551	54.59%
	Democratic	Thomas F. O'Brien	1,290	45.41%
Total votes			2,841	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 42

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jacob D. Beck	493	100.00%
Total votes			493	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Darryl Meyer	443	100.00%
Total votes			443	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Darryl Meyer	1,308	55.21%
	Democratic	Jacob D. Beck	1,061	44.79%
Total votes			2,369	100.00%
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 43

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Geraldine W. Travis (incumbent)	23	100.00%
	Democratic	Philip Wayne Fite	0	0.00%
Total votes			23	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Warren O'Keefe	9	100.00%
Total votes			9	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Warren O'Keefe	103	66.03%
	Democratic	Geraldine W. Travis (incumbent)	53	33.97%
Total votes			156	100.00%
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 44

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	W. Jay Fabrega (incumbent)	616	100.00%
Total votes			616	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	W. Jay Fabrega (incumbent)	1,826	100.00%
Total votes			1,826	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 45

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William L. Skelton	405	44.12%
	Democratic	Charles Mitchell	344	37.47%
	Democratic	Jay Park	169	18.41%
Total votes			918	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Burt Hurwitz	849	100.00%
Total votes			849	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Burt Hurwitz	1,601	52.37%
	Democratic	William L. Skelton	1,456	47.63%
Total votes			3,057	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 46

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Hershel M. Robbins (incumbent)	1,209	100.00%
Total votes			1,209	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert E. Willems	879	100.00%
Total votes			879	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Hershel M. Robbins (incumbent)	2,037	52.85%
	Republican	Robert E. Willems	1,817	47.15%
Total votes			3,854	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 47

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Murphy (incumbent)	975	100.00%
Total votes			975	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gene N. Ernst	889	58.10%
	Republican	Duane "Red" Ridgeway	453	29.61%
	Republican	Gerald R. Williams	188	12.29%
Total votes			1,530	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gene N. Ernst	2,144	56.60%
	Democratic	John Murphy (incumbent)	1,644	43.40%
Total votes			3,788	100.00%
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 48

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Donn Pennell	744	100.00%
Total votes			744	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Fred O. Barrett (incumbent)	1,099	100.00%
Total votes			1,099	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Fred O. Barrett (incumbent)	1,968	56.62%
	Democratic	Donn Pennell	1,508	43.38%
Total votes			3,476	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 49

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edward Lien (incumbent)	925	100.00%
Total votes			925	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Edwin Iverson	829	100.00%
Total votes			829	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edward Lien (incumbent)	1,626	50.40%
	Republican	Edwin Iverson	1,600	49.60%
Total votes			3,226	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 50

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	E. N. Dassinger (incumbent)	640	52.42%
	Democratic	Arthur F. Hayes Sr.	581	47.58%
Total votes			1,221	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	George T. "Tom" Asay	635	100.00%
Total votes			635	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	E. N. Dassinger (incumbent)	1,591	45.03%
	Republican	George T. "Tom" Asay	1,490	42.17%
	Independent	Faye Hanson Christofferson	452	12.79%
Total votes			3,533	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 51

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Carroll V. South (incumbent)	834	100.00%
Total votes			834	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Aubrey Larson	503	100.00%
Total votes			503	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Carroll V. South (incumbent)	1,979	67.13%
	Republican	Aubrey Larson	969	32.87%
Total votes			2,948	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 52

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Les J. Hirsch	784	100.00%
Total votes			784	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lee Hubing (incumbent)	1,076	100.00%
Total votes			1,076	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Les J. Hirsch	1,918	52.46%
	Republican	Lee Hubing (incumbent)	1,738	47.54%
Total votes			3,656	100.00%
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 53

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edward W. Agre	553	100.00%
Total votes			553	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Oscar S. Kvaalen (incumbent)	917	100.00%
Total votes			917	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Oscar S. Kvaalen (incumbent)	1,748	59.60%
	Democratic	Edward W. Agre	1,185	40.40%
Total votes			2,933	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 54

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William M. "Willie" Day (incumbent)	955	100.00%
Total votes			955	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William M. "Willie" Day (incumbent)	2,731	100.00%
Total votes			2,731	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 55

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	A. A. Zody	706	100.00%
Total votes			706	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	L. E. "Gene" Wood (incumbent)	670	100.00%
Total votes			670	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	L. E. "Gene" Wood (incumbent)	1,504	53.73%
	Democratic	A. A. Zody	1,295	46.27%
Total votes			2,799	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 56

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Harold A. Wyrick (incumbent)	690	84.04%
	Republican	Marshall M. Shelden	131	15.96%
Total votes			821	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Harold A. Wyrick (incumbent)	2,321	100.00%
Total votes			2,321	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 57

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Carl M. Smith (incumbent)	733	100.00%
Total votes			733	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Carl M. Smith (incumbent)	1,952	100.00%
Total votes			1,952	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 58

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Thomas R. Conroy (incumbent)	833	100.00%
Total votes			833	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Thomas R. Conroy (incumbent)	1,970	76.36%
	Independent	Dale Kindness	610	23.64%
Total votes			2,580	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 59

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Esther G. Bengtson (incumbent)	619	65.36%
	Democratic	Steve Trenka	328	34.64%
Total votes			947	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael D. Brockie	470	100.00%
Total votes			470	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Esther G. Bengtson (incumbent)	1,934	56.78%
	Republican	Michael D. Brockie	1,472	43.22%
Total votes			3,406	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 60

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Eugene F. Frates	445	56.47%
	Democratic	Martin B. Kitzman	343	43.53%
Total votes			788	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael R. Atraqchi	472	100.00%
Total votes			472	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Eugene F. Frates	2,035	51.86%
	Republican	Michael R. Atraqchi	1,889	48.14%
Total votes			3,924	100.00%
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 61

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gary L. Colburn	312	39.29%
	Democratic	Edward M. Dobson	259	32.62%
	Democratic	Cornelius J. "Con" Riedl	223	28.09%
Total votes			794	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John B. Fine	297	100.00%
Total votes			297	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gary L. Colburn	1,079	53.52%
	Republican	John B. Fine	937	46.48%
Total votes			2,016	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 62

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harold E. Gerke (incumbent)	399	65.73%
	Democratic	Chet Lind	208	34.27%
Total votes			607	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert E. Glennen	341	52.95%
	Republican	Frank A. Salsbury	303	47.05%
Total votes			644	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harold E. Gerke (incumbent)	1,246	54.27%
	Republican	Robert E. Glennen	1,050	45.73%
Total votes			2,296	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 63

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Harrison G. Fagg (incumbent)	941	100.00%
Total votes			941	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Harrison G. Fagg (incumbent)	2,338	100.00%
Total votes			2,338	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 64

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jack Ramirez	1,379	66.91%
	Republican	Ralph J. Studer Jr.	682	33.09%
Total votes			2,061	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jack Ramirez	3,754	100.00%
Total votes			3,754	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 65

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Hayfield	606	77.49%
	Democratic	Eugene F. Herman	176	22.51%
Total votes			782	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Howard C. Porter	1,073	100.00%
Total votes			1,073	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Howard C. Porter	2,087	57.02%
	Democratic	Jim Hayfield	1,573	42.98%
Total votes			3,660	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 66

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gerald R. Kessler	404	55.49%
	Democratic	Paul Van Tricht	324	44.51%
Total votes			728	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	A. B. Guthrie (incumbent)	718	100.00%
Total votes			718	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gerald R. Kessler	1,625	51.10%
	Republican	A. B. Guthrie (incumbent)	1,555	48.90%
Total votes			3,180	100.00%
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 67

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Polly Holmes (incumbent)	507	57.61%
	Democratic	Neal C. Kirkness	373	42.39%
Total votes			880	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Karen W. Whithorn	363	64.71%
	Republican	Matilda "Tillie" Pierce	198	35.29%
Total votes			561	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Polly Holmes (incumbent)	1,776	56.43%
	Republican	Karen W. Whithorn	1,371	43.57%
Total votes			3,147	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 68

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Herb Huennekens (incumbent)	741	100.00%
Total votes			741	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Henry S. "Hank" Cox	688	100.00%
Total votes			688	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Herb Huennekens (incumbent)	1,436	44.86%
	Republican	Henry S. "Hank" Cox	1,404	43.86%
	Independent	C. C. Custer	361	11.28%
Total votes			3,201	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 69

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Wes Teague (incumbent)	511	100.00%
Total votes			511	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Stella A. Ziegler	176	53.17%
	Republican	Eldon L. Piper	155	46.83%
Total votes			331	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Wes Teague (incumbent)	1,308	58.50%
	Republican	Stella A. Ziegler	928	41.50%
Total votes			2,236	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 70

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	J. Melvin Williams (incumbent)	580	54.00%
	Democratic	Thomas E. Frickel	494	46.00%
Total votes			1,074	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kenneth G. Hageman	442	72.82%
	Republican	Otto J. Preikszas	165	27.18%
Total votes			607	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	J. Melvin Williams (incumbent)	1,765	52.16%
	Republican	Kenneth G. Hageman	1,619	47.84%
Total votes			3,384	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 71

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Martha S. Herlevi (incumbent)	1,191	100.00%
Total votes			1,191	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James H. "Jim" Burnett	1,024	100.00%
Total votes			1,024	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James H. "Jim" Burnett	1,765	44.54%
	Democratic	Martha S. Herlevi (incumbent)	1,631	41.16%
	Independent	Don Scanlin	567	14.31%
Total votes			3,963	100.00%
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 72

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alvin Hageman (incumbent)	827	100.00%
Total votes			827	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	V. Jean McLane	759	66.81%
	Republican	Lee W. Adsit	377	33.19%
Total votes			1,136	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	V. Jean McLane	1,935	51.74%
	Democratic	Alvin Hageman (incumbent)	1,805	48.26%
Total votes			3,740	100.00%
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 73

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Orval S. Ellison (incumbent)	1,403	100.00%
Total votes			1,403	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Orval S. Ellison (incumbent)	3,258	100.00%
Total votes			3,258	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 74

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dan Yardley (incumbent)	455	49.78%
	Democratic	Bill M. Whitney	262	28.67%
	Democratic	Charles F. Nemec	197	21.55%
Total votes			914	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Edith E. Cox	367	41.75%
	Republican	Dorothy Strong Bradley	305	34.70%
	Republican	Daniel L. Gibson	207	23.55%
Total votes			879	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Edith E. Cox	1,731	51.46%
	Democratic	Dan Yardley (incumbent)	1,633	48.54%
Total votes			3,364	100.00%
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 75

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Donald R. Reichmuth	524	100.00%
Total votes			524	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert A. Ellerd (incumbent)	1,153	100.00%
Total votes			1,153	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert A. Ellerd (incumbent)	2,091	48.49%
	Democratic	Donald R. Reichmuth	1,222	28.34%
	Independent	Douglas Rand	999	23.17%
Total votes			4,312	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 76

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John P. Scully (incumbent)	510	100.00%
Total votes			510	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bruce C. Jacobsen	536	100.00%
Total votes			536	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John P. Scully (incumbent)	1,971	60.15%
	Republican	Bruce C. Jacobsen	1,306	39.85%
Total votes			3,277	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 77

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dorothy M. Bradley (incumbent)	594	100.00%
Total votes			594	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	R. R. "Bud" Williamson	614	100.00%
Total votes			614	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dorothy M. Bradley (incumbent)	1,619	55.45%
	Republican	R. R. "Bud" Williamson	1,301	44.55%
Total votes			2,920	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 78

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Vincent (incumbent)	832	79.31%
	Democratic	Torlief Aasheim	217	20.69%
Total votes			1,049	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charley Kyd	549	100.00%
Total votes			549	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Vincent (incumbent)	1,986	65.72%
	Republican	Charley Kyd	1,036	34.28%
Total votes			3,022	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 79

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mick McGuire	685	100.00%
Total votes			685	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dale H. Davis	836	100.00%
Total votes			836	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dale H. Davis	2,070	59.83%
	Democratic	Mick McGuire	1,390	40.17%
Total votes			3,460	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 80

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Paul A. Bessler	786	64.59%
	Democratic	Christopher Colvin	431	35.41%
Total votes			1,217	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert L. "Bob" Marks (incumbent)	954	100.00%
Total votes			954	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert L. "Bob" Marks (incumbent)	2,095	52.94%
	Democratic	Paul A. Bessler	1,862	47.06%
Total votes			3,957	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 81

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kerry R. Keyser	850	50.60%
	Republican	John H. Anderson Jr. (incumbent)	830	49.40%
Total votes			1,680	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kerry R. Keyser	2,804	100.00%
Total votes			2,804	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 82

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William M. Hand	559	70.49%
	Democratic	Tom Dooling	234	29.51%
Total votes			793	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ron W. Johnson	781	57.22%
	Republican	Dan Carpita	584	42.78%
Total votes			1,365	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William M. Hand	1,574	55.95%
	Republican	Ron W. Johnson	1,239	44.05%
Total votes			2,813	100.00%
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 83

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Cooney	1,044	54.52%
	Democratic	Larry F. Buckley	450	23.50%
	Democratic	Joe Hughes	421	21.98%
Total votes			1,915	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Cooney	2,922	100.00%
Total votes			2,922	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 84

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Quilici (incumbent)	1,050	76.25%
	Democratic	Virgil L. Hills	327	23.75%
Total votes			1,377	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Quilici (incumbent)	2,266	100.00%
Total votes			2,266	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 85

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James T. Mular (incumbent)	768	58.09%
	Democratic	Don Plessas Jr.	554	41.91%
Total votes			1,322	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James T. Mular (incumbent)	2,305	100.00%
Total votes			2,305	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 86

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Courtney	613	46.09%
	Democratic	R. F. "Bob" Kelly (incumbent)	435	32.71%
	Democratic	Francis "Frank" Wallace	282	21.20%
Total votes			1,330	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Courtney	1,960	100.00%
Total votes			1,960	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 87

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John "J.D." Lynch (incumbent)	931	65.15%
	Democratic	Rulon Crosby	498	34.85%
Total votes			1,429	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John "J.D." Lynch (incumbent)	1,629	55.03%
	Independent	Tom Christie	1,331	44.97%
Total votes			2,960	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 88

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dan W. Harrington	581	32.73%
	Democratic	William "Bill" Neary	387	21.80%
	Democratic	John W. Ries	383	21.58%
	Democratic	Arnold E. "Arnie" Barnett	235	13.24%
	Democratic	James A. "Calla" Shea	189	10.65%
Total votes			1,775	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dan W. Harrington	2,006	100.00%
Total votes			2,006	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 89

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe F. Kanduch Sr. (incumbent)	855	69.12%
	Democratic	Oscar R. Siegle	382	30.88%
Total votes			1,237	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe F. Kanduch Sr. (incumbent)	1,772	100.00%
Total votes			1,772	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 90

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William "Red" Menahan (incumbent)	1,301	70.40%
	Democratic	Robert L. Bethke	547	29.60%
Total votes			1,848	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William "Red" Menahan (incumbent)	2,530	100.00%
Total votes			2,530	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 91

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Brian Driscoll (incumbent)	1,031	57.50%
	Democratic	Frank Popiel	762	42.50%
Total votes			1,793	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Marvin F. Bell	526	55.37%
	Republican	Lee Nelson	219	23.05%
	Republican	Frederick Joseph Hosko	205	21.58%
Total votes			950	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Brian Driscoll (incumbent)	2,542	60.64%
	Republican	Marvin F. Bell	1,650	39.36%
Total votes			4,192	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 92

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sam Wolfe (incumbent)	877	100.00%
Total votes			877	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Elmer D. Severson	1,043	68.66%
	Republican	C. Thornton Mann	476	31.34%
Total votes			1,519	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Elmer D. Severson	2,701	60.63%
	Democratic	Sam Wolfe (incumbent)	1,754	39.37%
Total votes			4,455	100.00%
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 93

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	W. M. Schendel	1,080	100.00%
Total votes			1,080	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Howard L. Ellis (incumbent)	883	100.00%
Total votes			883	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Howard L. Ellis (incumbent)	2,542	65.62%
	Democratic	W. M. Schendel	1,332	34.38%
Total votes			3,874	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 94

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gary Niles Kimble (incumbent)	993	100.00%
Total votes			993	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chris Mullin	428	100.00%
Total votes			428	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gary Niles Kimble (incumbent)	2,161	71.87%
	Republican	Chris Mullin	846	28.13%
Total votes			3,007	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 95

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ann Mary Dussault (incumbent)	1,243	100.00%
Total votes			1,243	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ann Mary Dussault (incumbent)	3,042	100.00%
Total votes			3,042	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 96

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bob Palmer (incumbent)	993	100.00%
Total votes			993	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	D. B. Kensmoe	401	100.00%
Total votes			401	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bob Palmer (incumbent)	2,225	75.37%
	Republican	D. B. Kensmoe	727	24.63%
Total votes			2,952	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 97

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Steve Waldron	801	60.91%
	Democratic	Alfred J. "Al" Sampson	514	39.09%
Total votes			1,315	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Leroy F. Berven^[d]	379	100.00%
Total votes			379	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Steve Waldron	2,093	73.28%
	Republican	John S. Anderson	763	26.72%
Total votes			2,856	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 98

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Maxine Lane	869	100.00%
Total votes			869	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	R. Budd Gould (incumbent)	756	100.00%
Total votes			756	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	R. Budd Gould (incumbent)	2,106	65.57%
	Democratic	Maxine Lane	1,106	34.43%
Total votes			3,212	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 99

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William E. Fillner	1,001	100.00%
Total votes			1,001	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Earl C. Lory (incumbent)	1,249	100.00%
Total votes			1,249	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Earl C. Lory (incumbent)	2,518	62.68%
	Democratic	William E. Fillner	1,499	37.32%
Total votes			4,017	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 100

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Badgley	581	55.76%
	Democratic	Paulette C. Ferguson	461	44.24%
Total votes			1,042	100.00%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ralph S. Eudaily	528	53.60%
	Republican	Tom R. Hillier	457	46.40%
Total votes			985	100.00%

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ralph S. Eudaily	1,861	50.05%
	Democratic	John Badgley	1,857	49.95%
Total votes			3,718	100.00%
	Republican gain from Democratic

^ ^a ^b ^c Although incumbent James F. Fleming Jr. won the primary, Raymond K. Harbin was the Democratic nominee in the general election.
^ ^a ^b The candidate ran a write-in campaign in this election.
^ ^a ^b Although Bill Warren won the primary, Bob Dosser was the Republican nominee in the general election.
^ Although Leroy F. Berven won the primary, John S. Anderson was the Republican nominee in the general election.

References

^ "House Journal of the Forty-fourth Legislature of the State of Montana". Journals of the Montana House of Representatives. p. 10.
^ "Leadership: House". Montana Legislature.
^ ^a ^b "House Journal of the Forty-fifth Legislature of the State of Montana". Journals of the Montana House of Representatives. January 3, 1977. p. 3.
^ ^a ^b "Officers and Members of the Montana House of Representatives 1977". Montana State Legislature.
^ ^a ^b ^c "1976 - Primary Election: Returns for Legislative Candidates by Districts". Montana Secretary of State.
^ ^a ^b ^c "1976 - General Election: Returns for Legislative Candidates by Districts". Montana Secretary of State.
^ ^a ^b "Montana State Legislature: Party Control: Majority and Minority Party Numbers 1889-Present". Montana State Legislature.
^ "1974 - Primary Election: Returns for Legislative Candidates by Districts" (PDF). Montana Secretary of State.
^ "1974 - General Election: Returns for Legislative Candidates by Districts". Montana Secretary of State.

[Fleming-10] Although incumbent James F. Fleming Jr. won the primary, Raymond K. Harbin was the Democratic nominee in the general election.

[WI-11] The candidate ran a write-in campaign in this election.

[Warren-12] Although Bill Warren won the primary, Bob Dosser was the Republican nominee in the general election.

[Berven-13] Although Leroy F. Berven won the primary, John S. Anderson was the Republican nominee in the general election.

[SpeakerOld-1] "House Journal of the Forty-fourth Legislature of the State of Montana". Journals of the Montana House of Representatives. p. 10.

[SpeakerList-2] "Leadership: House". Montana Legislature.

[SpeakerNew-3] "House Journal of the Forty-fifth Legislature of the State of Montana". Journals of the Montana House of Representatives. January 3, 1977. p. 3.

[45thMTLeg-4] "Officers and Members of the Montana House of Representatives 1977". Montana State Legislature.

[76MTPrim-5] "1976 - Primary Election: Returns for Legislative Candidates by Districts". Montana Secretary of State.

[76MTGen-6] "1976 - General Election: Returns for Legislative Candidates by Districts". Montana Secretary of State.

[MTLegPartyControl-7] "Montana State Legislature: Party Control: Majority and Minority Party Numbers 1889-Present". Montana State Legislature.

[74MTPrim-8] "1974 - Primary Election: Returns for Legislative Candidates by Districts" (PDF). Montana Secretary of State.

[74MTGen-9] "1974 - General Election: Returns for Legislative Candidates by Districts". Montana Secretary of State.

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