Warburton wins third term in Montana House

Havre Daily News/Lindsay Brown

Wendy Warburton, R-Chinook, center, embraces her sister Julie after winning re-election for House District 34.

A legislator who started a Republican inroad in traditionally union-heavy Democratic Blaine and Hill counties continued her dominance in Tuesday's general election, with a strong showing in her home Blaine County more than overcoming a closer Hill County race generated by her Democratic opponent.

Rep. Wendy Warburton, R-Chinook, defeated licensed practicing nurse practitioner and retired Family Planning Director Karen Sloan of Havre 1,873 to 1,618.

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