Montana State Senate District 40
Next vote Tue, Nov 3, 2026 · Represented by Laura Smith Democratic · Member list as of Oct 28
This seat has no race on the official 2026 list.
- Last election
- Laura Smith (Democratic) won by 7.4 points, 2024
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History (13 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 12,346
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Montana Senate District 40, 1974 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLaura SmithWon Democratic 6,63353.7% RepublicanGreg L. Guthrie Republican 5,71346.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,064
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
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- Older district map (2014 to 2020)
Montana Senate District 40, 1974 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTerry J. GauthierWon(incumbent) Republican 8,50460.5% DemocraticCatherine Scott Democratic 5,56039.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,644
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
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- Older district map (2014 to 2016)
Montana Senate District 40, 1974 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTerry J. GauthierWon Republican 6,13552.7% DemocraticHal Jacobson Democratic 5,50947.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 7,797
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
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- Older district map (2004 to 2013)
Montana Senate District 40, 1974 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMary M. CaferroWon Democratic 4,30355.2% RepublicanPatrick Faber Republican 3,49444.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 8,610
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
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- Older district map (2004 to 2013)
Montana Senate District 40, 1974 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMike CooneyWon(incumbent) Democratic 5,87168.2% RepublicanBob Leach Republican 2,73931.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 7,371
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
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- Older district map (1994 to 2003)
Montana Senate District 40, 1974 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBob DepratuWon(incumbent) Republican 7,371100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 8,944
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1994 to 2003)
Montana Senate District 40, 1974 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBob DepratuWon Republican 5,90766.0% DemocraticRebecca Saunders Democratic 3,03734.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 6,241
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
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- Older district map (1984 to 1993)
Montana Senate District 40, 1974 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDorothy EckWon(incumbent) Democratic 6,241100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 6,648
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
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- Older district map (1984 to 1993)
Montana Senate District 40, 1974 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDorothy EckWon(incumbent) Democratic 4,12262.0% RepublicanMike Strawbridge Republican 2,52638.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 8,174
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
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- Older district map (1984 to 1993)
Montana Senate District 40, 1974 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDorothy EckWon(incumbent) Democratic 4,63456.7% RepublicanRose Ann Penwell Republican 3,54043.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 9,007
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
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- Older district map (1974 to 1983)
Montana Senate District 40, 1974 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLeo LaneWon Democratic 4,74952.7% RepublicanMike Anderson(incumbent) Republican 3,96044.0% LibertarianJulie Crane Libertarian 2983.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 6,715
- Election day
- November 7, 1978
- District map
- Older district map (1974 to 1983)
Montana Senate District 40, 1974 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMike AndersonWon Republican 3,38650.4% DemocraticTerry Murphy(incumbent) Democratic 3,32949.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,561
- Election day
- November 4, 1974
- District map
- Older district map (1974 to 1983)
Montana Senate District 40, 1974 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticTerry MurphyWon Democratic 3,32659.8% RepublicanM. Leo Clinton Republican 2,23540.2%
- 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 2020: 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
Only part of this chamber is up in a given cycle. Which districts vote on which date is not on file. Last contest in this district on file: 2024.
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Election Wrld. (2026). Montana State Senate District 40, election results 1974 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/mt/senate/40. Retrieved October 30, 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/sldu:40
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026