2008 Montana House of Representatives election explained

Election Name:	2008 Montana House of Representatives election
Country:	Montana
Type:	legislative
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2006 Montana House of Representatives election
Previous Year:	2006
Next Election:	2010 Montana House of Representatives election
Next Year:	2010
Seats For Election:	All 100 seats of the Montana House of Representatives
Majority Seats:	51
Registered:	668,085^[1] 2.87%
Turnout:	74.48% 11.18%
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Leader1:	Scott Sales
Party1:	Montana Republican Party
Leaders Seat1:	68th district
Last Election1:	50
Seats1:	50
Popular Vote1:	227,019
Percentage1:	50.18%
Swing1:	1.05%
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Leader2:	Bob Bergren
Party2:	Montana Democratic Party
Leaders Seat2:	33rd district
Last Election2:	49
Seats2:	50
Seat Change2:	1
Popular Vote2:	221,080
Percentage2:	48.87%
Swing2:	0.39%
Speaker
Before Election:	Scott Sales
Before Party:	Montana Republican Party
After Election:	Bob Bergren
After Party:	Montana Democratic Party

An election was held on November 4, 2008, 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 3, 2008.

A net gain of one seat by the Democrats resulted in the House being tied at 50 seats each. Democrats regained control of the House after two years by virtue of Governor Brian Schweitzer being a Democrat.

Results

Statewide

Statewide results of the 2008 Montana House of Representatives election:^[2]

Party	Candi- dates	Votes			Seats
No.	Candi- dates	%	+/– !	No.	+/– !	%
		90		227,019	50.18%	1.05%	50		50.00%
		93	221,080	48.87%	0.39%	50	1	50.00%
		2	2,229	0.49%	0.42%	0		0.00%
		6	1,623	0.36%	1.19%	0	1	0.00%
		2	422	0.09%	New	0		0.00%
Total	193	452,373	100.00%		100		100.00%

District

Results of the 2008 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"	%
	1,496	36.94%	2,416	59.65%	138	3.41%	4,050	Republican Hold
	1,656	33.81%	3,242	66.19%	-	-	4,898	Republican Hold
	1,970	42.80%	2,633	57.20%	-	-	4,603	Republican GAIN
	2,948	52.82%	2,633	47.18%	-	-	5,581	Democratic Hold
	1,543	27.64%	4,039	72.36%	-	-	5,582	Republican Hold
	2,692	43.48%	3,179	51.34%	321	5.18%	6,192	Republican Hold
	1,356	31.59%	2,937	68.41%	-	-	4,293	Republican Hold
	2,029	50.17%	2,015	49.83%	-	-	4,044	Democratic GAIN
	2,303	38.58%	3,666	61.42%	-	-	5,969	Republican Hold
	1,632	27.00%	4,412	73.00%	-	-	6,044	Republican Hold
	2,203	39.25%	3,410	60.75%	-	-	5,613	Republican Hold
	2,736	62.87%	1,616	37.13%	-	-	4,352	Democratic GAIN
	2,100	38.91%	3,147	58.31%	150	2.78%	5,397	Republican Hold
	1,708	35.61%	3,088	64.39%	-	-	4,796	Republican Hold
	2,810	100.00%	-	-	-	-	2,810	Democratic Hold
	2,833	100.00%	-	-	-	-	2,833	Democratic Hold
	2,019	46.06%	2,364	53.94%	-	-	4,383	Republican Hold
	1,722	32.88%	3,516	67.12%	-	-	5,238	Republican Hold
	1,925	42.68%	2,585	57.32%	-	-	4,510	Republican Hold
	1,911	53.05%	1,592	44.20%	99	2.75%	3,602	Democratic Hold
	2,117	53.80%	1,691	42.97%	127	3.23%	3,935	Democratic Hold
	2,417	75.41%	-	-	788	24.59%	3,205	Democratic Hold
	1,657	52.12%	1,522	47.88%	-	-	3,179	Democratic Hold
	1,034	49.00%	1,076	51.00%	-	-	2,110	Republican GAIN
	3,111	64.53%	1,471	30.51%	239	4.96%	4,821	Democratic Hold
	2,365	65.88%	1,225	34.12%	-	-	3,590	Democratic Hold
	-	-	3,508	100.00%	-	-	3,508	Republican Hold
	1,969	45.24%	2,383	54.76%	-	-	4,352	Republican Hold
	1,891	42.02%	2,609	57.98%	-	-	4,500	Republican Hold
	1,855	37.38%	3,108	62.62%	-	-	4,963	Republican Hold
	2,749	100.00%	-	-	-	-	2,749	Democratic Hold
	2,482	100.00%	-	-	-	-	2,482	Democratic Hold
	2,277	64.10%	1,275	35.90%	-	-	3,552	Democratic Hold
	1,428	41.15%	2,042	58.85%	-	-	3,470	Republican GAIN
	779	19.66%	3,184	80.34%	-	-	3,963	Republican Hold
	3,112	68.49%	1,432	31.51%	-	-	4,544	Democratic Hold
	-	-	3,863	100.00%	-	-	3,863	Republican Hold
	2,465	56.65%	1,886	43.35%	-	-	4,351	Democratic GAIN
	-	-	3,503	100.00%	-	-	3,503	Republican Hold
	2,245	54.77%	1,854	45.23%	-	-	4,099	Democratic Hold
	1,747	63.16%	1,019	36.84%	-	-	2,766	Democratic Hold
	2,410	65.35%	1,278	34.65%	-	-	3,688	Democratic Hold
	2,075	43.10%	2,739	56.90%	-	-	4,814	Republican Hold
	1,845	44.59%	2,293	55.41%	-	-	4,138	Republican Hold
	1,053	24.95%	3,168	75.05%	-	-	4,221	Republican Hold
	-	-	5,432	100.00%	-	-	5,432	Republican Hold
	1,752	34.09%	3,388	65.91%	-	-	5,140	Republican Hold
	2,198	52.55%	1,985	47.45%	-	-	4,183	Democratic Hold
	2,279	63.93%	1,286	36.07%	-	-	3,565	Democratic Hold
	1,956	43.41%	2,550	56.59%	-	-	4,506	Republican Hold
	1,984	58.66%	1,398	41.34%	-	-	3,382	Democratic Hold
	2,580	65.57%	1,355	34.43%	-	-	3,935	Democratic Hold
	1,590	41.95%	2,200	58.05%	-	-	3,790	Republican Hold
	1,749	51.59%	1,641	48.41%	-	-	3,390	Democratic Hold
	2,308	42.54%	3,118	57.46%	-	-	5,426	Republican Hold
	-	-	3,407	63.01%	2,000	36.99%	5,407	Republican Hold
	2,086	33.59%	4,125	66.41%	-	-	6,211	Republican Hold
	2,319	49.72%	2,345	50.28%	-	-	4,664	Republican Hold
	2,845	55.29%	2,301	44.71%	-	-	5,146	Democratic GAIN
	2,397	47.64%	2,635	52.36%	-	-	5,032	Republican Hold
	-	-	3,438	100.00%	-	-	3,438	Republican Hold
	2,821	60.19%	1,866	39.81%	-	-	4,687	Democratic Hold
	3,457	51.67%	3,233	48.33%	-	-	6,690	Democratic Hold
	3,523	58.74%	2,475	41.26%	-	-	5,998	Democratic Hold
	2,362	65.25%	1,258	34.75%	-	-	3,620	Democratic Hold
	3,423	68.04%	1,608	31.96%	-	-	5,031	Democratic Hold
	2,164	35.34%	3,960	64.66%	-	-	6,124	Republican Hold
	1,666	38.65%	2,644	61.35%	-	-	4,310	Republican Hold
	1,811	27.64%	4,740	72.36%	-	-	6,551	Republican Hold
	2,784	44.63%	3,454	55.37%	-	-	6,238	Republican Hold
	2,748	46.61%	3,148	53.39%	-	-	5,896	Republican Hold
	1,124	24.39%	3,485	75.61%	-	-	4,609	Republican Hold
	3,503	100.00%	-	-	-	-	3,503	Democratic Hold
	4,079	100.00%	-	-	-	-	4,079	Democratic Hold
	3,491	100.00%	-	-	-	-	3,491	Democratic Hold
	2,893	100.00%	-	-	-	-	2,893	Democratic Hold
	2,155	38.77%	3,403	61.23%	-	-	5,558	Republican Hold
	2,380	55.35%	1,920	44.65%	-	-	4,300	Democratic Hold
	2,822	57.24%	1,879	38.11%	229	4.65%	4,930	Democratic Hold
	3,038	61.27%	1,920	38.73%	-	-	4,958	Democratic Hold
	2,870	69.78%	1,243	30.22%	-	-	4,113	Democratic Hold
	3,115	64.43%	1,720	35.57%	-	-	4,835	Democratic Hold
	1,350	30.21%	3,118	69.79%	-	-	4,468	Republican Hold
	1,750	38.89%	2,567	57.04%	183	4.07%	4,500	Republican Hold
	2,020	61.44%	1,268	38.56%	-	-	3,288	Democratic Hold
	3,931	100.00%	-	-	-	-	3,931	Democratic Hold
	1,858	34.41%	3,541	65.59%	-	-	5,399	Republican Hold
	2,357	48.67%	2,486	51.33%	-	-	4,843	Republican Hold
	-	-	4,624	100.00%	-	-	4,624	Republican Hold
	2,128	40.46%	3,131	59.54%	-	-	5,259	Republican Hold
	2,828	62.18%	1,720	37.82%	-	-	4,548	Democratic Hold
	3,755	67.90%	1,775	32.10%	-	-	5,530	Democratic Hold
	4,003	68.60%	1,832	31.40%	-	-	5,835	Democratic Hold
	3,033	56.66%	2,320	43.34%	-	-	5,353	Democratic Hold
	3,144	64.77%	1,710	35.23%	-	-	4,854	Democratic Hold
	2,720	60.48%	1,777	39.52%	-	-	4,497	Democratic Hold
	3,693	70.32%	1,559	29.68%	-	-	5,252	Democratic Hold
	3,285	56.12%	2,569	43.88%	-	-	5,854	Democratic Hold
	4,026	72.70%	1,512	27.30%	-	-	5,538	Democratic Hold
	2,252	49.14%	2,331	50.86%	-	-	4,583	Republican Hold
Total	221,080	48.87%	227,019	50.18%	4,274	0.94%	452,373

Notes and References

Web site: Montana Voter Turnout . . December 4, 2020 . Helena, U.S.A..
Web site: 2008 Legislative General Election Results . . December 4, 2020 . Helena, U.S.A. . 1–7.