2002 Montana House of Representatives election

2002 Montana House of Representatives election
← 2000 November 5, 2002 (2002-11-05) 2004 →
All 100 seats of the Montana House of Representatives
51 seats needed for a majority
Registered624,548[1]
Decrease10.56%
Turnout54.48%[1]
Decrease5.37%
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Doug Mood David Wanzenried
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat 58th district 68th district
Last election 58 42
Seats won 53 47
Seat change Decrease5 Increase5
Popular vote 159,141 148,845
Percentage 50.38% 47.12%
Swing Decrease2.39% Increase3.31%
Results:
     Democratic hold      Democratic gain
     Republican hold      Republican gain
Speaker before election

Dan McGee
Republican

Elected Speaker

Doug Mood
Republican

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An election was held on November 5, 2002 to elect all 100 members to Montana's House of Representatives. The election coincided with elections for other offices, including U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives and State Senate. The primary election was held on June 4, 2002.

Republicans retained control of the House despite a net loss of five seats, winning 53 seats compared to 48 seats for the Democrats.

Results

Statewide

Statewide results of the 2002 Montana House of Representatives election:[2]

Party Candi-
dates		 Votes Seats
No. % +/– No. +/– %
Republican Party 85 159,141 50.38% Decrease2.39% 53 Decrease5 53.00%
Democratic Party 88 148,845 47.12% Increase3.31% 47 Increase5 47.00%
Independent 2 3,097 0.98% Increase0.35% 0 Steady 0.00%
Constitution Party 10 2,876 0.91% Decrease1.01% 0 Steady 0.00%
Green Party 4 1,277 0.40% New 0 Steady 0.00%
Libertarian Party 2 544 0.17% Decrease0.15% 0 Steady 0.00%
Write-in 4 78 0.02% Increase0.02% 0 Steady 0.00%
Total 195 315,858 100.00% Steady 100 Steady 100.00%

District

Results of the 2002 Montana House of Representatives election by district:[2]

District Democratic Republican Others Total
Votes 		Result
Votes % Votes % Votes %
1st district 871 27.92% 2,249 72.08% - - 3,120 Republican Hold
2nd district 2,572 100.00% - - - - 2,572 Democratic Hold
3rd district - - 2,514 100.00% - - 2,514 Republican Hold
4th district 2,320 100.00% - - - - 2,320 Democratic Hold
5th district 1,237 57.30% 922 42.70% - - 2,159 Democratic Hold
6th district 1,595 60.46% 1,043 39.54% - - 2,638 Democratic Hold
7th district 1,672 55.31% 1,351 44.69% - - 3,023 Democratic Hold
8th district - - 2,844 100.00% - - 2,844 Republican Hold
9th district 1,536 30.88% 3,438 69.12% - - 4,974 Republican Hold
10th district 1,689 38.43% 2,706 61.57% - - 4,395 Republican Hold
11th district 1,727 60.79% 1,114 39.21% - - 2,841 Democratic Hold
12th district 1,302 45.18% 1,580 54.82% - - 2,882 Republican Hold
13th district 937 49.66% 854 45.26% 96 5.09% 1,887 Democratic Hold
14th district 947 35.26% 1,555 57.89% 184 6.85% 2,686 Republican Hold
15th district 1,787 44.52% 2,227 55.48% - - 4,014 Republican Hold
16th district 1,589 55.97% 1,250 44.03% - - 2,839 Democratic Hold
17th district 1,361 64.75% 741 35.25% - - 2,102 Democratic Hold
18th district 1,506 52.95% 1,338 47.05% - - 2,844 Democratic GAIN
19th district 1,537 41.97% 2,125 58.03% - - 3,662 Republican GAIN
20th district 1,654 52.79% 1,479 47.21% - - 3,133 Democratic GAIN
21st district 1,187 39.70% 1,803 60.30% - - 2,990 Republican Hold
22nd district 1,628 46.24% 1,893 53.76% - - 3,521 Republican Hold
23rd district 2,077 48.27% 2,226 51.73% - - 4,303 Republican Hold
24th district 1,838 48.15% 1,979 51.85% - - 3,817 Republican Hold
25th district 1,320 34.48% 2,508 65.52% - - 3,828 Republican Hold
26th district 1,468 45.89% 1,731 54.11% - - 3,199 Republican GAIN
27th district 2,670 45.99% 3,135 54.01% - - 5,805 Republican Hold
28th district 2,278 48.83% 2,387 51.17% - - 4,665 Republican Hold
29th district 1,840 68.89% 831 31.11% - - 2,671 Democratic Hold
30th district 1,367 78.70% - - 370 21.30% 1,737 Democratic Hold
31st district 1,648 38.00% 2,689 62.00% - - 4,337 Republican Hold
32nd district - - 3,343 80.17% 827 19.83% 4,170 Republican Hold
33rd district 1,270 31.44% 2,770 68.56% - - 4,040 Republican Hold
34th district 758 24.15% 2,381 75.85% - - 3,139 Republican Hold
35th district 2,513 60.18% 1,663 39.82% - - 4,176 Democratic Hold
36th district 2,439 100.00% - - - - 2,439 Democratic Hold
37th district 2,158 100.00% - - - - 2,158 Democratic Hold
38th district 1,927 78.69% 522 21.31% - - 2,449 Democratic Hold
39th district 2,051 46.48% 2,362 53.52% - - 4,413 Republican Hold
40th district - - 3,295 100.00% - - 3,295 Republican Hold
41st district 518 45.64% 495 43.61% 122 10.75% 1,135 Democratic GAIN
42nd district 1,654 59.95% 921 33.38% 184 6.67% 2,759 Democratic Hold
43rd district 1,723 55.96% 1,152 37.41% 204 6.63% 3,079 Democratic Hold
44th district 1,785 100.00% - - - - 1,785 Democratic Hold
45th district 1,295 53.01% 1,080 44.21% 68 2.78% 2,443 Democratic Hold
46th district 1,164 68.75% 529 31.25% - - 1,693 Democratic Hold
47th district 2,217 67.99% 1,044 32.01% - - 3,261 Democratic Hold
48th district 2,151 98.13% - - 41 1.87% 2,192 Democratic Hold
49th district 1,564 41.23% 2,229 58.77% - - 3,793 Republican Hold
50th district 1,431 38.54% 2,016 54.30% 266 7.16% 3,713 Republican Hold
51st district 2,010 57.17% 1,506 42.83% - - 3,516 Democratic GAIN
52nd district 2,810 67.63% 1,345 32.37% - - 4,155 Democratic Hold
53rd district 2,097 64.09% 1,175 35.91% - - 3,272 Democratic Hold
54th district 2,871 74.07% 1,005 25.93% - - 3,876 Democratic Hold
55th district 1,610 40.14% 2,401 59.86% - - 4,011 Republican Hold
56th district 962 36.10% 1,703 63.90% - - 2,665 Republican Hold
57th district 2,912 100.00% - - - - 2,912 Democratic Hold
58th district 1,638 41.25% 2,333 58.75% - - 3,971 Republican Hold
59th district 1,342 36.61% 2,324 63.39% - - 3,666 Republican Hold
60th district 1,471 35.60% 2,487 60.19% 174 4.21% 4,132 Republican Hold
61st district - - 4,155 100.00% - - 4,155 Republican Hold
62nd district 1,693 46.11% 1,842 50.16% 137 3.73% 3,672 Republican Hold
63rd district 2,157 48.94% 2,250 51.06% - - 4,407 Republican Hold
64th district 2,268 60.72% 1,467 39.28% - - 3,735 Democratic Hold
65th district 2,351 100.00% - - - - 2,351 Democratic Hold
66th district 2,072 84.88% - - 369 15.12% 2,441 Democratic Hold
67th district 2,376 100.00% - - - - 2,376 Democratic Hold
68th district 1,600 64.44% 883 35.56% - - 2,483 Democratic Hold
69th district 2,246 55.12% - - 1,829 44.88% 4,075 Democratic Hold
70th district 1,946 53.79% 1,672 46.21% - - 3,618 Democratic Hold
71st district 1,241 36.12% 2,195 63.88% - - 3,436 Republican Hold
72nd district 2,866 100.00% - - - - 2,866 Democratic Hold
73rd district 1,539 49.28% 245 7.85% 1,339 42.88% 3,123 Democratic Hold
74th district 1,596 40.43% 2,352 59.57% - - 3,948 Republican Hold
75th district 1,574 38.29% 2,537 61.71% - - 4,111 Republican Hold
76th district - - 3,196 99.59% 13 0.41% 3,209 Republican Hold
77th district 1,507 38.59% 2,261 57.90% 137 3.51% 3,905 Republican Hold
78th district 1,441 50.83% 1,394 49.17% - - 2,835 Democratic GAIN
79th district - - 3,159 100.00% - - 3,159 Republican Hold
80th district 1,497 44.25% 1,664 49.19% 222 6.56% 3,383 Republican Hold
81st district - - 2,075 62.07% 1,268 37.93% 3,343 Republican Hold
82nd district 1,470 54.69% 1,218 45.31% - - 2,688 Democratic Hold
83rd district 1,100 37.12% 1,841 62.13% 22 0.74% 2,963 Republican Hold
84th district 936 30.01% 2,183 69.99% - - 3,119 Republican Hold
85th district 1,592 100.00% - - - - 1,592 Democratic Hold
86th district 1,624 55.29% 1,313 44.71% - - 2,937 Democratic GAIN
87th district 1,440 42.44% 1,953 57.56% - - 3,393 Republican Hold
88th district - - 2,601 100.00% - - 2,601 Republican Hold
89th district 1,547 42.27% 2,113 57.73% - - 3,660 Republican Hold
90th district 1,486 50.93% 1,432 49.07% - - 2,918 Democratic GAIN
91st district 1,507 68.97% 678 31.03% - - 2,185 Democratic Hold
92nd district 1,627 61.89% 1,002 38.11% - - 2,629 Democratic Hold
93rd district 1,507 39.47% 2,311 60.53% - - 3,818 Republican Hold
94th district 1,365 43.65% 1,762 56.35% - - 3,127 Republican Hold
95th district 1,096 34.39% 2,091 65.61% - - 3,187 Republican Hold
96th district 1,339 41.82% 1,863 58.18% - - 3,202 Republican Hold
97th district - - 2,150 100.00% - - 2,150 Republican Hold
98th district 1,738 100.00% - - - - 1,738 Democratic Hold
99th district - - 2,528 100.00% - - 2,528 Republican Hold
100th district - - 2,162 100.00% - - 2,162 Republican Hold
Total 148,845 47.12% 159,141 50.38% 7,872 2.49% 315,858

References

  1. ^ a b "Montana Voter Turnout". Helena, U.S.A.: Secretary of State of Montana. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "2002 General Legislative Election Results" (PDF). Helena, U.S.A.: Secretary of State of Montana. pp. 1–8. Retrieved December 1, 2020.