2006 Montana House of Representatives election

An election was held on November 7, 2006 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 6, 2006.

2006 Montana House of Representatives election

November 7, 2006 (2006-11-07)

All 100 seats of the Montana House of Representatives
51 seats needed for a majority
Registered649,436
1.72%
Turnout63.30%
8.14%
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Scott Sales John Parker Rick Jore
Party Republican Democratic Constitution
Leader's seat 68th district 23rd district 73rd district
Last election 50 seats, 50.36% 50 seats, 46.96% 0 seats, 1.60%
Seats won 50 49 1
Seat change 1 1
Popular vote 189,216 189,717 5,979
Percentage 49.13% 49.26% 1.55%
Swing 1.23% 2.30% 0.05%

Results:
     Democratic hold      Democratic gain
     Republican hold      Republican gain
     Constitution gain

Speaker before election

Gary Matthews
Democratic

Elected Speaker

Scott Sales
Republican

A net loss of one seat by the Democrats resulted in the Democrats winning 49 seats compared to 50 seats for the Republicans. The Republicans regained control of the House due to the Constitution Party member caucusing with the Republicans.

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