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1986 general · November 4, 1986

1986 Montana House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every Montana House of Representatives district in the 1986 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Republicans controlled the chamber · 100 seats

After the electionD 49 · R 51
Races100
Changed party11
Unopposed36%36 races
Incumbents defeated7

Every district

D 49 · R 51

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-1Mary Lou Peterson (R)Unopposed
HD-2Paula A. Darko (D)27.2
HD-3Ben Cohen (D)27.5
HD-4Tom L. Jones (R)17.1
HD-5Clyde Smith (R)Unopposed
HD-6Richard M. Nelson (R)14.9
HD-7John G. Harp (R)Unopposed
HD-8Mary Ellen Connelly (D)26.0
HD-9Roland E. Kennerly (D)Unopposed
HD-10Harriet Hayne (R)Unopposed
HD-11Rex Manuel (D)Unopposed
HD-12Dennis Iverson (R)Unopposed
HD-13Loren Jenkins (R)39.3
HD-14Bob Bachini (D)42.0
HD-15Ray Peck (D)32.7
HD-16Francis Bardanouve (D)Unopposed
HD-17Duane W. Compton (R)Unopposed
HD-18Ted Schye (D)28.2
HD-19Dennis G. Nathe (R)Unopposed
HD-20Dorothy A. Cody (D)59.5
HD-21Bing C. Poff (D)20.6
HD-22Bob Gilbert (R)Unopposed
HD-23Larry Menke (R)0.7FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-24Leo A. Giacometto (R)34.9Flipped
HD-25Gerry Devlin (R)Unopposed
HD-26Tonia Stratford (R)13.1FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-27Tom Asay (R)3.8
HD-28L. Dean Switzer (R)64.8
HD-29Gene Demars (D)2.3Flipped
HD-30Larry Hal Grinde (R)1.4
HD-31Gay Holliday (D)28.5
HD-32Francis Koehnke (D)Unopposed
HD-33John E. Phillips (R)14.0
HD-34Ron Miller (R)42.7
HD-35Gerald D. Nisbet (D)57.5
HD-36Paul G. Pistoria (D)Unopposed
HD-37Tom Bulger (D)14.7FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-38Lloyd J. McCormick (D)20.1
HD-39Harold L. Poulsen (D)3.0FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-40Helen G. Oconnell (D)Unopposed
HD-41William S. Strizich (D)6.7Flipped
HD-42John Cobb (R)30.0
HD-43Gene Donaldson (R)32.4
HD-44Hal Harper (D)Unopposed
HD-45Joan Miles (D)Unopposed
HD-46Jan Brown (D)8.1
HD-47Edward J. Grady (R)28.8
HD-48Bud Campbell (R)2.0
HD-49Ray Brandewie (R)Unopposed
HD-50John A. Mercer (R)40.2
HD-51Paul Rappsvrcek (D)45.3
HD-52Barry Stang (D)28.6
HD-53Al Meyers (R)2.2Flipped
HD-54Bob Ream (D)18.5
HD-55Mike Kadas (D)39.4
HD-56Harry Fritz (D)Unopposed
HD-57Stella Jean Hansen (D)42.2
HD-58Carolyn Squires (D)28.7
HD-59Earl C. Lory (R)35.7
HD-60Ralph S. Eudaily (R)35.7
HD-61R. Budd Gould (R)54.6
HD-62Fred Thomas (R)Unopposed
HD-63Bob Thoft (R)Unopposed
HD-64Bernie Swift (R)Unopposed
HD-65Janet Moore (D)18.3
HD-66Nancy Keenan (D)15.0
HD-67William Menahan (D)48.9
HD-68Dan W. Harrington (D)Unopposed
HD-69Fred Daily (D)Unopposed
HD-70Robert J. Pavlovich (D)Unopposed
HD-71Joe Quilici (D)Unopposed
HD-72Dave Brown (D)Unopposed
HD-73Charles Swysgood (R)0.5FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-74Robert E. Hoffman (R)Unopposed
HD-75Robert L. Marks (R)34.4
HD-76Walter R. Sales (R)25.2
HD-77Dick Corne (D)4.4FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-78Norm Wallin (R)4.5
HD-79Dorothy Bradley (D)32.1
HD-80John Vincent (D)45.5
HD-81Orval S. Ellison (R)Unopposed
HD-82Bob Raney (D)24.3
HD-83Vernon V. Keller (R)17.9
HD-84Gary Spaeth (D)Unopposed
HD-85J. Melvin Williams (D)Unopposed
HD-86Tom Hannah (R)Unopposed
HD-87Jack Ramirez (R)Unopposed
HD-88Dennis R. Rehberg (R)33.4
HD-89Cal Winslow (R)Unopposed
HD-90Jack Sands (R)8.1
HD-91Bruce T. Simon (R)10.1
HD-92Jerry L. Driscoll (D)Unopposed
HD-93Timothy J. Whalen (D)44.3
HD-94Kelly Addy (D)43.4
HD-95Les Kitselman (R)Unopposed
HD-96Rande K. Roth (R)23.5FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-97John W. Patterson (R)16.8
HD-98William E. Glaser (R)22.3
HD-99Angela Russell (D)3.2
HD-100Marian W. Hanson (R)58.9

Montana House of Representatives

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner