1986Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1986 election for Montana House District 26
Montana House of Representatives · Montana
Tonia Stratford (R) won with 56.6% of the vote, defeating Carl Zabrocki (D) by 13.1 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Tonia StratfordRepublican · winner
56.6%1,527
Carl ZabrockiDemocrat · incumbent
43.4%1,173
2,700 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