1986Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1986 election for Montana House District 77
Montana House of Representatives · Montana
Dick Corne (D) won with 52.2% of the vote, defeating Robert A. Ellerd (R) by 4.4 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Dick CorneDemocrat · winner
52.2%2,001
Robert A. EllerdRepublican · incumbent
47.8%1,833
3,834 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