1986Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1986 election for Montana House District 73
Montana House of Representatives · Montana
Charles Swysgood (R) won with 50.3% of the vote, defeating Bill Hand (D) by 0.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Charles SwysgoodRepublican · winner
50.3%1,740
Bill HandDemocrat · incumbent
49.7%1,721
3,461 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