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1998 United States House of Representatives election in Montana

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1998 United States House of Representatives election in Montana

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Nominee Rick Hill Dusty Deschamps
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 175,748 147,073
Percentage 53.0% 44.4%

County results
Hill:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Deschamps:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. Representative before election

Rick Hill
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Rick Hill
Republican

The 1998 United States House of Representatives election in Montana were held on November 3, 1998 to determine who will represent the state of Montana in the United States House of Representatives. Montana had one, at large district in the House, apportioned according to the 1990 United States census, due to its low population. Representatives are elected for two-year terms.

General election

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Results

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Montana At-large congressional district election, 1998[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Rick Hill (inc.) 175,748 53.01
Democratic Dusty Deschamps 147,073 44.36
Libertarian Mike Fellows 5,652 1.70
Reform Webb Sullivan 3,078 0.93
Total votes 331,551 100.00
Republican hold

References

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  1. ^ Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 3, 1998" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 24.
Preceded by
1996 elections
United States House elections in Montana
1998
Succeeded by
2000 elections