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1986Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

1986 election for Montana House District 37

Montana House of Representatives · Montana

Tom Bulger (D) won with 57.4% of the vote, defeating Jack K. Moore (R) by 14.7 points, a seat Republicans won last time.

Tom BulgerDemocrat · winner
57.4%1,707
Jack K. MooreRepublican · incumbent
42.6%1,269
2,976 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

EvenD+36.51982R+1.91984D+14.71986D+7.11988D+11.61990D+20.91992

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET