2000 Montana House of Representatives election explained

Election Name:	2000 Montana House of Representatives election
Country:	Montana
Type:	legislative
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1998 Montana House of Representatives election
Previous Year:	1998
Next Election:	2002 Montana House of Representatives election
Next Year:	2002
Seats For Election:	All 100 seats of the Montana House of Representatives
Majority Seats:	51
Registered:	698,260^[1] 9.23%
Turnout:	59.85% 6.86%
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Leader1:	Dan McGee
Party1:	Montana Republican Party
Leaders Seat1:	21st district
Last Election1:	59
Seats1:	58
Seat Change1:	1
Popular Vote1:	203,963
Percentage1:	52.77%
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Leader2:	Kim Gillan
Party2:	Montana Democratic Party
Leaders Seat2:	11th district
Last Election2:	41
Seats2:	42
Seat Change2:	1
Popular Vote2:	169,327
Percentage2:	43.81%
Speaker
Before Election:	John Mercer
Before Party:	Montana Republican Party
After Election:	Dan McGee
After Party:	Montana Republican Party

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.	Candi- dates	%	No.	+/– !	%
		87		203,963	52.77%	58	1	58.00%
		88	169,327	43.81%	42	1	42.00%
		11	7,410	1.92%	0		0.00%
		3	2,416	0.63%	0		0.00%
		6	2,184	0.57%	0		0.00%
		5	1,218	0.32%	0		0.00%
		1	16	0.00%	0		0.00%
Total	201	386,534	100.00%	100		100.00%

District

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

scope=col rowspan=3	District	scope=col colspan=2	Democratic	scope=col colspan=2	Republican	scope=col colspan=2	Others	scope=col rowspan=3	Total Votes	scope=col rowspan=3	Result
scope=col colspan=2 style="background:"	!	scope=col colspan=2 style="background:"	!	scope=col colspan=2
scope=col data-sort-type="number"	Votes !	scope=col data-sort-type="number"	% !	scope=col data-sort-type="number"	Votes !	scope=col data-sort-type="number"	% !	scope=col data-sort-type="number"	Votes !	scope=col data-sort-type="number"	%
	770	23.41%	2,519	76.59%	-	-	3,289	Republican hold
	3,049	100.00%	-	-	-	-	3,049	Democratic hold
	1,541	43.89%	1,970	56.11%	-	-	3,511	Republican hold
	2,068	61.66%	1,286	38.34%	-	-	3,354	Democratic hold
	1,194	50.81%	1,156	49.19%	-	-	2,350	Democratic gain
	1,537	56.57%	1,180	43.43%	-	-	2,717	Democratic hold
	2,039	57.79%	1,489	42.21%	-	-	3,528	Democratic hold
	1,184	31.75%	2,545	68.25%	-	-	3,729	Republican hold
	-	-	4,913	100.00%	-	-	4,913	Republican hold
	1,702	33.97%	3,309	66.03%	-	-	5,011	Republican hold
	2,214	62.51%	1,328	37.49%	-	-	3,542	Democratic hold
	1,622	47.39%	1,801	52.61%	-	-	3,423	Republican hold
	1,300	55.27%	1,052	44.73%	-	-	2,352	Democratic hold
	1,255	39.17%	1,949	60.83%	-	-	3,204	Republican hold
	2,118	45.23%	2,565	54.77%	-	-	4,683	Republican hold
	1,749	50.36%	1,724	49.64%	-	-	3,473	Democratic gain
	1,365	51.22%	1,300	48.78%	-	-	2,665	Democratic hold
	1,272	39.87%	1,918	60.13%	-	-	3,190	Republican hold
	2,257	51.99%	2,084	48.01%	-	-	4,341	Democratic hold
	1,850	49.05%	1,922	50.95%	-	-	3,772	Republican hold
	1,280	33.48%	2,543	66.52%	-	-	3,823	Republican hold
	1,740	42.90%	2,316	57.10%	-	-	4,056	Republican hold
	2,117	44.03%	2,691	55.97%	-	-	4,808	Republican hold
	995	22.67%	3,395	77.33%	-	-	4,390	Republican hold
	1,318	28.04%	3,016	64.17%	366	7.79%	4,700	Republican hold
	1,959	52.18%	1,779	47.39%	16	0.43%	3,754	Democratic hold
	3,237	46.59%	3,711	53.41%	-	-	6,948	Republican hold
	1,515	27.86%	3,923	72.14%	-	-	5,438	Republican hold
	2,356	66.18%	1,204	33.82%	-	-	3,560	Democratic hold
	1,571	57.11%	1,180	42.89%	-	-	2,751	Democratic hold
	1,906	34.17%	3,672	65.83%	-	-	5,578	Republican hold
	1,525	28.08%	3,905	71.92%	-	-	5,430	Republican hold
	1,559	33.02%	3,163	66.98%	-	-	4,722	Republican hold
	1,381	34.21%	2,656	65.79%	-	-	4,037	Republican hold
	3,225	62.31%	1,951	37.69%	-	-	5,176	Democratic hold
	3,341	100.00%	-	-	-	-	3,341	Democratic hold
	2,370	66.28%	1,206	33.72%	-	-	3,576	Democratic hold
	2,661	77.20%	-	-	786	22.80%	3,447	Democratic hold
	1,788	35.92%	2,561	51.45%	629	12.64%	4,978	Republican hold
	1,225	24.43%	3,531	70.42%	258	5.15%	5,014	Republican hold
	717	45.35%	717	45.35%	147	9.30%	1,581	Republican gain
	2,659	77.86%	-	-	756	22.14%	3,415	Democratic hold
	2,098	56.26%	1,631	43.74%	-	-	3,729	Democratic hold
	1,935	68.98%	870	31.02%	-	-	2,805	Democratic hold
	1,548	50.60%	1,511	49.40%	-	-	3,059	Democratic hold
	1,380	60.00%	791	34.39%	129	5.61%	2,300	Democratic hold
	2,267	56.66%	1,734	43.34%	-	-	4,001	Democratic hold
	2,008	60.37%	1,318	39.63%	-	-	3,326	Democratic hold
	2,236	48.24%	2,399	51.76%	-	-	4,635	Republican hold
	-	-	3,822	100.00%	-	-	3,822	Republican hold
	2,002	48.23%	2,149	51.77%	-	-	4,151	Republican hold
	2,503	53.48%	2,177	46.52%	-	-	4,680	Democratic hold
	2,564	68.50%	1,179	31.50%	-	-	3,743	Democratic hold
	2,795	61.15%	1,776	38.85%	-	-	4,571	Democratic gain
	2,055	43.67%	2,651	56.33%	-	-	4,706	Republican gain
	1,228	38.90%	1,929	61.10%	-	-	3,157	Republican gain
	3,361	100.00%	-	-	-	-	3,361	Democratic hold
	2,099	42.27%	2,867	57.73%	-	-	4,966	Republican hold
	1,445	31.67%	3,117	68.33%	-	-	4,562	Republican hold
	1,709	35.65%	3,085	64.35%	-	-	4,794	Republican hold
	-	-	4,255	68.77%	1,932	31.23%	6,187	Republican hold
	2,100	45.45%	2,246	48.61%	274	5.93%	4,620	Republican hold
	2,528	46.60%	2,897	53.40%	-	-	5,425	Republican hold
	2,611	53.77%	2,245	46.23%	-	-	4,856	Democratic hold
	3,311	100.00%	-	-	-	-	3,311	Democratic hold
	2,808	80.09%	-	-	698	19.91%	3,506	Democratic hold
	2,917	79.76%	-	-	740	20.24%	3,657	Democratic hold
	1,663	48.12%	1,500	43.40%	293	8.48%	3,456	Democratic hold
	3,107	59.08%	1,949	37.06%	203	3.86%	5,259	Democratic hold
	2,118	46.65%	2,100	46.26%	322	7.09%	4,540	Democratic hold
	1,905	43.99%	2,426	56.01%	-	-	4,331	Republican hold
	2,388	55.33%	1,928	44.67%	-	-	4,316	Democratic hold
	1,872	50.73%	-	-	1,818	49.27%	3,690	Democratic gain
	2,026	42.84%	2,388	50.50%	315	6.66%	4,729	Republican hold
	-	-	3,125	64.98%	1,684	35.02%	4,809	Republican hold
	-	-	4,407	100.00%	-	-	4,407	Republican hold
	-	-	3,333	75.10%	1,105	24.90%	4,438	Republican hold
	1,597	44.16%	2,019	55.84%	-	-	3,616	Republican hold
	-	-	4,022	100.00%	-	-	4,022	Republican hold
	-	-	3,345	100.00%	-	-	3,345	Republican hold
	-	-	3,131	82.74%	653	17.26%	3,784	Republican hold
	1,495	50.17%	1,365	45.81%	120	4.03%	2,980	Democratic gain
	1,250	32.79%	2,562	67.21%	-	-	3,812	Republican hold
	1,385	36.44%	2,416	63.56%	-	-	3,801	Republican hold
	2,168	100.00%	-	-	-	-	2,168	Democratic hold
	1,427	43.41%	1,860	56.59%	-	-	3,287	Republican hold
	1,856	47.13%	2,082	52.87%	-	-	3,938	Republican hold
	-	-	3,089	100.00%	-	-	3,089	Republican hold
	-	-	3,298	100.00%	-	-	3,298	Republican hold
	1,652	47.01%	1,862	52.99%	-	-	3,514	Republican gain
	2,270	100.00%	-	-	-	-	2,270	Democratic hold
	2,727	100.00%	-	-	-	-	2,727	Democratic hold
	1,659	37.03%	2,821	62.97%	-	-	4,480	Republican hold
	-	-	3,045	100.00%	-	-	3,045	Republican hold
	1,293	35.28%	2,372	64.72%	-	-	3,665	Republican hold
	1,601	45.93%	1,885	54.07%	-	-	3,486	Republican hold
	1,311	44.73%	1,620	55.27%	-	-	2,931	Republican hold
	2,446	100.00%	-	-	-	-	2,446	Democratic hold
	1,210	34.97%	2,250	65.03%	-	-	3,460	Republican hold
	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 and References

Web site: Montana Voter Turnout . . November 30, 2020 . Helena, U.S.A..
Web site: 2000 Legislative General Election Results . . November 30, 2020 . Helena, U.S.A. . 1–23.