2000 Montana House of Representatives election

2000 Montana House of Representatives election
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All 100 seats of the Montana House of Representatives
51 seats needed for a majority
Registered698,260[1]
Increase9.23%
Turnout59.85%[1]
Increase6.86%
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Dan McGee Kim Gillan
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat 21st district 11th district
Last election 59 41
Seats won 58 42
Seat change Decrease1 Increase1
Popular vote 203,963 169,327
Percentage 52.77% 43.81%
Speaker before election

John Mercer
Republican

Elected Speaker

Dan McGee
Republican

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An election was held on November 7, 2000 to elect all 100 members to Montana's House of Representatives. The election coincided with elections for other offices, including U.S. President, U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, Governor and State Senate. The primary election was held on June 6, 2000.

Republicans retained control of the House despite a net loss of one seat, winning 58 seats compared to 42 seats for the Democrats.

Results

Statewide

Statewide results of the 2000 Montana House of Representatives election:[2]

Party Candi-
dates		 Votes Seats
No. % No. +/– %
Republican Party 87 203,963 52.77% 58 Decrease1 58.00%
Democratic Party 88 169,327 43.81% 42 Increase1 42.00%
Constitution Party 11 7,410 1.92% 0 Steady 0.00%
Independent 3 2,416 0.63% 0 Steady 0.00%
Reform Party 6 2,184 0.57% 0 Steady 0.00%
Libertarian Party 5 1,218 0.32% 0 Steady 0.00%
Write-in 1 16 0.00% 0 Steady 0.00%
Total 201 386,534 100.00% 100 Steady 100.00%

District

Results of the 2000 Montana House of Representatives election by district:[2]

District Democratic Republican Others Total
votes 		Result
Votes % Votes % Votes %
1st district 770 23.41% 2,519 76.59% - - 3,289 Republican hold
2nd district 3,049 100.00% - - - - 3,049 Democratic hold
3rd district 1,541 43.89% 1,970 56.11% - - 3,511 Republican hold
4th district 2,068 61.66% 1,286 38.34% - - 3,354 Democratic hold
5th district 1,194 50.81% 1,156 49.19% - - 2,350 Democratic gain
6th district 1,537 56.57% 1,180 43.43% - - 2,717 Democratic hold
7th district 2,039 57.79% 1,489 42.21% - - 3,528 Democratic hold
8th district 1,184 31.75% 2,545 68.25% - - 3,729 Republican hold
9th district - - 4,913 100.00% - - 4,913 Republican hold
10th district 1,702 33.97% 3,309 66.03% - - 5,011 Republican hold
11th district 2,214 62.51% 1,328 37.49% - - 3,542 Democratic hold
12th district 1,622 47.39% 1,801 52.61% - - 3,423 Republican hold
13th district 1,300 55.27% 1,052 44.73% - - 2,352 Democratic hold
14th district 1,255 39.17% 1,949 60.83% - - 3,204 Republican hold
15th district 2,118 45.23% 2,565 54.77% - - 4,683 Republican hold
16th district 1,749 50.36% 1,724 49.64% - - 3,473 Democratic gain
17th district 1,365 51.22% 1,300 48.78% - - 2,665 Democratic hold
18th district 1,272 39.87% 1,918 60.13% - - 3,190 Republican hold
19th district 2,257 51.99% 2,084 48.01% - - 4,341 Democratic hold
20th district 1,850 49.05% 1,922 50.95% - - 3,772 Republican hold
21st district 1,280 33.48% 2,543 66.52% - - 3,823 Republican hold
22nd district 1,740 42.90% 2,316 57.10% - - 4,056 Republican hold
23rd district 2,117 44.03% 2,691 55.97% - - 4,808 Republican hold
24th district 995 22.67% 3,395 77.33% - - 4,390 Republican hold
25th district 1,318 28.04% 3,016 64.17% 366 7.79% 4,700 Republican hold
26th district 1,959 52.18% 1,779 47.39% 16 0.43% 3,754 Democratic hold
27th district 3,237 46.59% 3,711 53.41% - - 6,948 Republican hold
28th district 1,515 27.86% 3,923 72.14% - - 5,438 Republican hold
29th district 2,356 66.18% 1,204 33.82% - - 3,560 Democratic hold
30th district 1,571 57.11% 1,180 42.89% - - 2,751 Democratic hold
31st district 1,906 34.17% 3,672 65.83% - - 5,578 Republican hold
32nd district 1,525 28.08% 3,905 71.92% - - 5,430 Republican hold
33rd district 1,559 33.02% 3,163 66.98% - - 4,722 Republican hold
34th district 1,381 34.21% 2,656 65.79% - - 4,037 Republican hold
35th district 3,225 62.31% 1,951 37.69% - - 5,176 Democratic hold
36th district 3,341 100.00% - - - - 3,341 Democratic hold
37th district 2,370 66.28% 1,206 33.72% - - 3,576 Democratic hold
38th district 2,661 77.20% - - 786 22.80% 3,447 Democratic hold
39th district 1,788 35.92% 2,561 51.45% 629 12.64% 4,978 Republican hold
40th district 1,225 24.43% 3,531 70.42% 258 5.15% 5,014 Republican hold
41st district[a] 717 45.35% 717 45.35% 147 9.30% 1,581 Republican gain
42nd district 2,659 77.86% - - 756 22.14% 3,415 Democratic hold
43rd district 2,098 56.26% 1,631 43.74% - - 3,729 Democratic hold
44th district 1,935 68.98% 870 31.02% - - 2,805 Democratic hold
45th district 1,548 50.60% 1,511 49.40% - - 3,059 Democratic hold
46th district 1,380 60.00% 791 34.39% 129 5.61% 2,300 Democratic hold
47th district 2,267 56.66% 1,734 43.34% - - 4,001 Democratic hold
48th district 2,008 60.37% 1,318 39.63% - - 3,326 Democratic hold
49th district 2,236 48.24% 2,399 51.76% - - 4,635 Republican hold
50th district - - 3,822 100.00% - - 3,822 Republican hold
51st district 2,002 48.23% 2,149 51.77% - - 4,151 Republican hold
52nd district 2,503 53.48% 2,177 46.52% - - 4,680 Democratic hold
53rd district 2,564 68.50% 1,179 31.50% - - 3,743 Democratic hold
54th district 2,795 61.15% 1,776 38.85% - - 4,571 Democratic gain
55th district 2,055 43.67% 2,651 56.33% - - 4,706 Republican gain
56th district 1,228 38.90% 1,929 61.10% - - 3,157 Republican gain
57th district 3,361 100.00% - - - - 3,361 Democratic hold
58th district 2,099 42.27% 2,867 57.73% - - 4,966 Republican hold
59th district 1,445 31.67% 3,117 68.33% - - 4,562 Republican hold
60th district 1,709 35.65% 3,085 64.35% - - 4,794 Republican hold
61st district - - 4,255 68.77% 1,932 31.23% 6,187 Republican hold
62nd district 2,100 45.45% 2,246 48.61% 274 5.93% 4,620 Republican hold
63rd district 2,528 46.60% 2,897 53.40% - - 5,425 Republican hold
64th district 2,611 53.77% 2,245 46.23% - - 4,856 Democratic hold
65th district 3,311 100.00% - - - - 3,311 Democratic hold
66th district 2,808 80.09% - - 698 19.91% 3,506 Democratic hold
67th district 2,917 79.76% - - 740 20.24% 3,657 Democratic hold
68th district 1,663 48.12% 1,500 43.40% 293 8.48% 3,456 Democratic hold
69th district 3,107 59.08% 1,949 37.06% 203 3.86% 5,259 Democratic hold
70th district 2,118 46.65% 2,100 46.26% 322 7.09% 4,540 Democratic hold
71st district 1,905 43.99% 2,426 56.01% - - 4,331 Republican hold
72nd district 2,388 55.33% 1,928 44.67% - - 4,316 Democratic hold
73rd district 1,872 50.73% - - 1,818 49.27% 3,690 Democratic gain
74th district 2,026 42.84% 2,388 50.50% 315 6.66% 4,729 Republican hold
75th district - - 3,125 64.98% 1,684 35.02% 4,809 Republican hold
76th district - - 4,407 100.00% - - 4,407 Republican hold
77th district - - 3,333 75.10% 1,105 24.90% 4,438 Republican hold
78th district 1,597 44.16% 2,019 55.84% - - 3,616 Republican hold
79th district - - 4,022 100.00% - - 4,022 Republican hold
80th district - - 3,345 100.00% - - 3,345 Republican hold
81st district - - 3,131 82.74% 653 17.26% 3,784 Republican hold
82nd district 1,495 50.17% 1,365 45.81% 120 4.03% 2,980 Democratic gain
83rd district 1,250 32.79% 2,562 67.21% - - 3,812 Republican hold
84th district 1,385 36.44% 2,416 63.56% - - 3,801 Republican hold
85th district 2,168 100.00% - - - - 2,168 Democratic hold
86th district 1,427 43.41% 1,860 56.59% - - 3,287 Republican hold
87th district 1,856 47.13% 2,082 52.87% - - 3,938 Republican hold
88th district - - 3,089 100.00% - - 3,089 Republican hold
89th district - - 3,298 100.00% - - 3,298 Republican hold
90th district 1,652 47.01% 1,862 52.99% - - 3,514 Republican gain
91st district 2,270 100.00% - - - - 2,270 Democratic hold
92nd district 2,727 100.00% - - - - 2,727 Democratic hold
93rd district 1,659 37.03% 2,821 62.97% - - 4,480 Republican hold
94th district - - 3,045 100.00% - - 3,045 Republican hold
95th district 1,293 35.28% 2,372 64.72% - - 3,665 Republican hold
96th district 1,601 45.93% 1,885 54.07% - - 3,486 Republican hold
97th district 1,311 44.73% 1,620 55.27% - - 2,931 Republican hold
98th district 2,446 100.00% - - - - 2,446 Democratic hold
99th district 1,210 34.97% 2,250 65.03% - - 3,460 Republican hold
100th district 862 30.29% 1,984 69.71% - - 2,846 Republican hold
Total 169,327 43.81% 203,963 52.77% 13,244 3.43% 386,534

Notes

  1. ^ The 41st district was tied after a recount. Republican governor Marc Racicot appointed Republican challenger James G. Whitaker to the seat.

References

  1. ^ a b "Montana Voter Turnout". Helena, U.S.A.: Secretary of State of Montana. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "2000 Legislative General Election Results" (PDF). Helena, U.S.A.: Secretary of State of Montana. pp. 1–23. Retrieved November 30, 2020.