Montana State House District 37
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Shane Klakken Republican · Member list as of Oct 28
No published poll names both candidates.Last result · 2024 general: Shane Klakken (R) 74.4, Andrea Payne (D) 25.6
- Last election
- Shane Klakken (Republican) won by 48.8 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 2 candidates
Side by side
Left column: KarcherRight column: Klakken
- Races
- None listed
- Won 1 of 1
- Years since first win
- Not available
- 2
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Candidates on the ballot
- Tracey Miller KarcherDemocratic
- Shane KlakkenIncumbentRepublican
Party nominees only, not the certified ballot.
Source: candidatefiling.mt.gov, dated Oct 28
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History (26 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 6,298
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Montana House of Representatives District 37, 1974 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanShane KlakkenWon Republican 4,68474.4% DemocraticAndrea Payne Democratic 1,61425.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 4,654
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2014 to 2022)
Montana House of Representatives District 37, 1974 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJerry SchillingerWon(incumbent) Republican 4,654100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 6,060
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2014 to 2020)
Montana House of Representatives District 37, 1974 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJerry SchillingerWon Republican 5,45790.0% OtherJacob Kitson Other 6039.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 4,746
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2014 to 2018)
Montana House of Representatives District 37, 1974 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanFrederick MooreWon Republican 4,746100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,665
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2014 to 2016)
Montana House of Representatives District 37, 1974 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBill HarrisWon(incumbent) Republican 4,83185.3% DemocraticJudi Cramer Democratic 83414.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 4,531
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2014)
Montana House of Representatives District 37, 1974 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanLee RandallWon(incumbent) Republican 3,62980.1% DemocraticDixie Rieger Democratic 90219.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,745
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2013)
Montana House of Representatives District 37, 1974 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDavid HalvorsonWon Republican 3,745100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,205
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2013)
Montana House of Representatives District 37, 1974 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanWalter L. McNuttWon(incumbent) Republican 3,205100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,863
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2013)
Montana House of Representatives District 37, 1974 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanWalter McNuttWon(incumbent) Republican 3,863100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,167
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2013)
Montana House of Representatives District 37, 1974 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanWalter L. McNuttWon(incumbent) Republican 3,167100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,591
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2013)
Montana House of Representatives District 37, 1974 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanWalter L. McNuttWon Republican 3,591100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 2,158
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (1994 to 2003)
Montana House of Representatives District 37, 1974 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLarry CyrWon(incumbent) Democratic 2,158100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,576
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1994 to 2003)
Montana House of Representatives District 37, 1974 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLarry CyrWon Democratic 2,37066.3% RepublicanTom Worring Republican 1,20633.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 2,394
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1994 to 2003)
Montana House of Representatives District 37, 1974 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRobert J. PavlovichWon(incumbent) Democratic 2,394100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,127
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1994 to 2003)
Montana House of Representatives District 37, 1974 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRobert J. PavlovichWon(incumbent) Democratic 3,127100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 2,646
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1994 to 2003)
Montana House of Representatives District 37, 1974 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRobert J. PavlovichWon(incumbent) Democratic 2,646100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,914
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1984 to 1993)
Montana House of Representatives District 37, 1974 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDiana E. WyattWon(incumbent) Democratic 2,36660.5% RepublicanBob Haffner Republican 1,54839.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,188
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1984 to 1993)
Montana House of Representatives District 37, 1974 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDiana E. WyattWon(incumbent) Democratic 1,77955.8% RepublicanJane Meyer Republican 1,40944.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,492
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1984 to 1993)
Montana House of Representatives District 37, 1974 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDiana E. WyattWon Democratic 1,87053.5% RepublicanBrent Bliss Republican 1,62246.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 2,976
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1984 to 1993)
Montana House of Representatives District 37, 1974 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticTom BulgerWon Democratic 1,70757.4% RepublicanJack K. Moore(incumbent) Republican 1,26942.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,733
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1984 to 1993)
Montana House of Representatives District 37, 1974 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJack K. MooreWon Republican 1,90251.0% DemocraticCarol Farris(incumbent) Democratic 1,83149.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 1,204
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1974 to 1983)
Montana House of Representatives District 37, 1974 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticL. H. NilsonWon(incumbent) Democratic 82268.3% RepublicanSteven Brewer Republican 38231.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 1,095
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
- District map
- Older district map (1974 to 1983)
Montana House of Representatives District 37, 1974 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticL. H. NilsonWon Democratic 1,095100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 1,402
- Election day
- November 7, 1978
- District map
- Older district map (1974 to 1983)
Montana House of Representatives District 37, 1974 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticArlyne ReichertWon Democratic 98570.3% RepublicanKay F. Sellers Republican 41729.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 1,838
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- District map
- Older district map (1974 to 1983)
Montana House of Representatives District 37, 1974 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticPatrick L. RyanWon Democratic 1,18964.7% RepublicanCharles C. Carrico Republican 64935.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 942
- Election day
- November 4, 1974
- District map
- Older district map (1974 to 1983)
Montana House of Representatives District 37, 1974 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDennis A. LesterWon Democratic 942100.0%
- 2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
- 1974 to 2022: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source
Last contest in this district on file: 2024.
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Election Wrld. (2026). Montana State House District 37, election results 1974 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/mt/house/37. Retrieved October 31, 2026.
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Sources: Census TIGERweb Legislative MapServer (120th CDs layer 0, 119th CDs layer 4, 2026 SLD upper layer 1 and lower layer 2) (US Census Bureau, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open Civic Data division identifiers (census_autogenerated us_sldl/us_sldu and openstates state files); also (sld-recent.json): Open Civic Data division identifiers (country-us) (CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open States people (current) CSVs (CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns, not an official source; MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips) (Not stated in the GitHub repository (an earlier label said "MIT (repo)", which the repository does not support). MEDSL's Harvard Dataverse records are CC0 1.0, but these GitHub files were not checksum-matched to the Dataverse files, so CC0 is not claimed for them.), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns, not an official source; State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source.
District id: ocd-division/country:us/state:mt/sldl:37
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026