Result
Rep. Zooey Zephyr (D-Missoula) won a third term in Montana House District 95 on Nov. 3 with no one running against her, receiving all 4,951 votes counted in unofficial results. Her new two-year term begins when the Legislature convenes Monday, Jan. 4, 2027.
Republican leaders barred her from the chamber in April 2023. The ban came after she told colleagues backing limits on gender-affirming care for transgender minors that they would have “blood on [their] hands,” The Advocate reported.
Candidates and Platforms
Zephyr refused to apologize and spent the rest of that session representing constituents from a bench outside the chamber. Voters returned her in 2024, when she beat Republican Barbara Starmer with 80% of the vote, according to the Montana Free Press Capitol Tracker.
In the 2025 session, she spoke against a Republican bill to penalize drag performers and promoters, which failed 44 to 55, and fought bills restricting transgender people’s access to public bathrooms. She voted with most House Democrats on 89% of votes, the tracker shows.
District and Chamber
District 95 covers central Missoula, including the University of Montana campus. Zephyr ran there in 2024 after redistricting; she first won a Missoula seat in District 100 in 2022.
Democrats flipped two Republican-held House seats on Nov. 3 and came within 15 votes of a third, according to unofficial tallies reported by the Daily Montanan. Republicans, who held 58 seats in the 2025 session, keep their House majority, while Democrats also gained two seats in the state Senate.
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