1986Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1986 election for Maine House District 57
Maine House of Representatives · Maine
Gary Bickford (R) won with 49.4% of the vote, defeating Richard McCollister (D) by 0.7 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Gary BickfordRepublican · winner
49.4%1,320
Richard McCollisterDemocrat · incumbent
48.7%1,302
Douglas A. LaneIndependent
1.9%52
2,674 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1986
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET