1986Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1986 election for Maine House District 59
Maine House of Representatives · Maine
John M. Nutting (D) won with 54.9% of the vote, defeating Roy I. Nickerson (R) by 9.8 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
John M. NuttingDemocrat · winner
54.9%1,531
Roy I. NickersonRepublican · incumbent
45.1%1,257
2,788 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