2004 Montana House of Representatives election explained

Election Name:	2004 Montana House of Representatives election
Country:	Montana
Type:	legislative
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2002 Montana House of Representatives election
Previous Year:	2002
Next Election:	2006 Montana House of Representatives election
Next Year:	2006
Seats For Election:	All 100 seats of the Montana House of Representatives
Majority Seats:	51
Registered:	638,474^[1] 2.23%
Turnout:	71.44%16.96%
Image1:	Wanzenried SD49.jpg
Image1 Size:	120px
Leader1:	David Wanzenried
Party1:	Montana Democratic Party
Leaders Seat1:	97th district
Last Election1:	47
Seats1:	50
Seat Change1:	3
Popular Vote1:	196,372
Percentage1:	46.96%
Swing1:	0.16%
Image2 Size:	120px
Leader2:	Michael Lange
Party2:	Montana Republican Party
Leaders Seat2:	55th district
Last Election2:	53
Seats2:	50
Seat Change2:	3
Popular Vote2:	210,607
Percentage2:	50.36%
Swing2:	0.02%
Speaker
Before Election:	Doug Mood
Before Party:	Montana Republican Party
After Election:	Gary Matthews
After Party:	Montana Democratic Party

An election was held on November 2, 2004 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. House of Representatives, Governor and State Senate. The primary election was held on June 8, 2004.

A net loss of three seats by the Republicans resulted in the House being tied at 50 seats each. Democrats regained control of the House after 12 years by virtue of Governor Brian Schweitzer being a Democrat.^[2]

Results

Statewide

Statewide results of the 2004 Montana House of Representatives election:^[3]

Party	Candi- dates	Votes			Seats
No.	Candi- dates	%	+/– !	No.	+/– !	%
		85		210,607	50.36%	0.02%	50	3	50.00%
		90	196,372	46.96%	0.16%	50	3	50.00%
		12	6,685	1.60%	0.69%	0		0.00%
		3	3,460	0.83%	0.15%	0		0.00%
		4	1,053	0.25%	0.15%	0		0.00%
Total	194	418,177	100.00%		100		100.00%

District

Results of the 2004 Montana House of Representatives election by district:^[3]

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"	%
	1,776	47.40%	1,825	48.71%	146	3.90%	3,747	Republican hold
	1,852	41.76%	2,583	58.24%	-	-	4,435	Republican gain
	1,497	36.86%	2,564	63.14%	-	-	4,061	Republican hold
	2,600	54.74%	2,150	45.26%	-	-	4,750	Democratic hold
	1,572	31.66%	3,393	68.34%	-	-	4,965	Republican gain
	1,780	35.29%	3,264	64.71%	-	-	5,044	Republican gain
	1,130	27.75%	2,725	66.92%	217	5.33%	4,072	Republican gain
	2,096	52.05%	1,931	47.95%	-	-	4,027	Democratic gain
	-	-	4,052	100.00%	-	-	4,052	Republican hold
	1,201	23.85%	3,834	76.15%	-	-	5,035	Republican hold
	2,004	41.46%	2,830	58.54%	-	-	4,834	Republican gain
	1,559	36.90%	1,107	26.20%	1,559	36.90%	4,225	Democratic gain
	2,288	49.59%	2,112	45.77%	214	4.64%	4,614	Democratic hold
	1,848	42.41%	2,509	57.59%	-	-	4,357	Republican hold
	2,607	100.00%	-	-	-	-	2,607	Democratic gain
	2,480	100.00%	-	-	-	-	2,480	Democratic hold
	-	-	3,763	100.00%	-	-	3,763	Republican gain
	1,999	40.59%	2,926	59.41%	-	-	4,925	Republican gain
	1,727	40.72%	2,255	53.17%	259	6.11%	4,241	Republican hold
	2,063	58.44%	1,467	41.56%	-	-	3,530	Democratic hold
	2,718	78.24%	-	-	756	21.76%	3,474	Democratic gain
	1,895	59.76%	1,057	33.33%	219	6.91%	3,171	Democratic gain
	2,097	72.11%	-	-	811	27.89%	2,908	Democratic gain
	1,383	69.22%	-	-	615	30.78%	1,998	Democratic gain
	3,627	100.00%	-	-	-	-	3,627	Democratic gain
	1,638	51.85%	1,521	48.15%	-	-	3,159	Democratic gain
	2,012	47.80%	2,197	52.20%	-	-	4,209	Republican hold
	1,526	33.35%	3,050	66.65%	-	-	4,576	Republican hold
	1,452	31.17%	3,206	68.83%	-	-	4,658	Republican gain
	-	-	4,023	100.00%	-	-	4,023	Republican gain
	2,016	62.67%	1,201	37.33%	-	-	3,217	Democratic gain
	1,968	59.06%	1,364	40.94%	-	-	3,332	Democratic gain
	2,415	68.55%	1,108	31.45%	-	-	3,523	Democratic gain
	2,089	60.50%	1,364	39.50%	-	-	3,453	Democratic gain
	2,057	44.39%	2,577	55.61%	-	-	4,634	Republican gain
	-	-	3,515	100.00%	-	-	3,515	Republican gain
	-	-	3,591	100.00%	-	-	3,591	Republican gain
	2,236	50.96%	2,152	49.04%	-	-	4,388	Democratic hold
	-	-	4,097	100.00%	-	-	4,097	Republican hold
	3,368	100.00%	-	-	-	-	3,368	Democratic gain
	1,964	100.00%	-	-	-	-	1,964	Democratic hold
	2,388	100.00%	-	-	-	-	2,388	Democratic hold
	2,659	58.78%	1,865	41.22%	-	-	4,524	Democratic hold
	1,986	48.87%	2,078	51.13%	-	-	4,064	Republican gain
	-	-	3,782	100.00%	-	-	3,782	Republican gain
	1,669	32.78%	3,422	67.22%	-	-	5,091	Republican gain
	1,958	40.72%	2,851	59.28%	-	-	4,809	Republican gain
	1,990	50.84%	1,924	49.16%	-	-	3,914	Democratic hold
	1,412	39.09%	2,058	56.98%	142	3.93%	3,612	Republican hold
	1,959	43.59%	2,535	56.41%	-	-	4,494	Republican hold
	1,699	51.47%	1,602	48.53%	-	-	3,301	Democratic hold
	2,213	55.53%	1,772	44.47%	-	-	3,985	Democratic hold
	1,766	45.39%	2,125	54.61%	-	-	3,891	Republican gain
	1,706	53.75%	1,468	46.25%	-	-	3,174	Democratic hold
	1,751	35.61%	3,166	64.39%	-	-	4,917	Republican hold
	1,875	34.32%	3,395	62.13%	194	3.55%	5,464	Republican hold
	2,199	39.21%	3,409	60.79%	-	-	5,608	Republican gain
	2,269	51.20%	2,163	48.80%	-	-	4,432	Democratic gain
	2,298	47.82%	2,508	52.18%	-	-	4,806	Republican hold
	1,583	34.91%	2,952	65.09%	-	-	4,535	Republican hold
	1,731	34.01%	2,950	57.96%	409	8.04%	5,090	Republican hold
	1,874	42.90%	2,494	57.10%	-	-	4,368	Republican hold
	2,889	48.61%	3,054	51.39%	-	-	5,943	Republican hold
	2,647	55.56%	2,117	44.44%	-	-	4,764	Democratic hold
	2,064	61.19%	1,309	38.81%	-	-	3,373	Democratic hold
	2,783	63.39%	-	-	1,607	36.61%	4,390	Democratic hold
	1,457	30.40%	3,336	69.60%	-	-	4,793	Republican gain
	1,809	35.35%	3,309	64.65%	-	-	5,118	Republican gain
	-	-	3,738	68.87%	1,690	31.13%	5,428	Republican gain
	2,226	40.25%	3,305	59.75%	-	-	5,531	Republican gain
	1,368	26.55%	3,785	73.45%	-	-	5,153	Republican hold
	-	-	3,440	100.00%	-	-	3,440	Republican gain
	3,067	100.00%	-	-	-	-	3,067	Democratic hold
	2,734	56.84%	1,154	23.99%	922	19.17%	4,810	Democratic gain
	3,324	87.98%	-	-	454	12.02%	3,778	Democratic gain
	2,174	71.94%	-	-	848	28.06%	3,022	Democratic gain
	2,216	43.34%	2,897	56.66%	-	-	5,113	Republican hold
	1,973	51.06%	1,891	48.94%	-	-	3,864	Democratic hold
	3,046	62.13%	1,857	37.87%	-	-	4,903	Democratic gain
	2,659	58.25%	1,906	41.75%	-	-	4,565	Democratic gain
	3,000	70.87%	1,233	29.13%	-	-	4,233	Democratic gain
	2,913	61.66%	1,811	38.34%	-	-	4,724	Democratic hold
	-	-	3,614	100.00%	-	-	3,614	Republican hold
	1,671	35.85%	2,990	64.15%	-	-	4,661	Republican hold
	1,538	51.44%	1,452	48.56%	-	-	2,990	Democratic hold
	3,629	100.00%	-	-	-	-	3,629	Democratic hold
	1,670	34.21%	3,211	65.79%	-	-	4,881	Republican hold
	2,066	47.22%	2,309	52.78%	-	-	4,375	Republican hold
	1,605	32.76%	3,295	67.24%	-	-	4,900	Republican hold
	2,005	41.96%	2,773	58.04%	-	-	4,778	Republican gain
	2,200	52.46%	1,994	47.54%	-	-	4,194	Democratic hold
	2,928	55.07%	2,389	44.93%	-	-	5,317	Democratic hold
	4,203	100.00%	-	-	-	-	4,203	Democratic gain
	2,956	62.65%	1,762	37.35%	-	-	4,718	Democratic gain
	2,856	60.44%	1,869	39.56%	-	-	4,725	Democratic gain
	2,540	62.07%	1,552	37.93%	-	-	4,092	Democratic gain
	3,064	64.93%	1,655	35.07%	-	-	4,719	Democratic gain
	2,507	55.37%	2,021	44.63%	-	-	4,528	Democratic hold
	3,100	64.30%	1,721	35.70%	-	-	4,821	Democratic gain
	1,960	47.55%	2,026	49.15%	136	3.30%	4,122	Republican hold
Total	196,372	46.96%	210,607	50.36%	11,198	2.68%	418,177

Notes and References

Web site: Montana Voter Turnout . . December 2, 2020 . Helena, U.S.A..
News: Robbins . Jime . Ruling Puts Democrats in Control in Montana . December 2, 2020 . . December 29, 2004 . New York, U.S.A..
Web site: 2004 General Legislative Election Results . . December 2, 2020 . Helena, U.S.A. . 1–9.