Elections by year
1986 elections
Every election in 1986 in the 99chambers archive: generals, primaries, specials and runoffs for Congress, governor, statewide offices and the state legislatures.
Jan 1, 1986 special
2 races in 1 state: State legislatures
May 1, 1986 special
2 races in 1 state: State legislatures
1986 primaries
1,466 races in 11 states: State legislatures
Jun 1, 1986 runoff
34 races in 4 states: State legislatures
Jun 1, 1986 special
2 races in 1 state: State legislatures
Aug 1, 1986 special
2 races in 2 states: State legislatures
Sep 1, 1986 runoff
55 races in 3 states: State legislatures
Sep 1, 1986 special
1 races in 1 state: State legislatures
Oct 1, 1986 runoff
1 races in 1 state: State legislatures
1986-11-01 primaries
1 races in 1 state: State legislatures
Nov 1, 1986 runoff
4 races in 3 states: State legislatures
Nov 1, 1986 special
1 races in 1 state: State legislatures
1986 general
5,954 races in 50 states: U.S. Senate, Governors, U.S. House, State legislaturesD 258 · R 177
Dec 1, 1986 runoff
2 races in 2 states: State legislatures
Dec 1, 1986 special
3 races in 3 states: State legislatures
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse); English Wikipedia; Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner; MIT Election Data and Science Lab