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1986Final results

1986 election for Montana Senate District 47

Montana State Senate · Montana

Pat Regan (D) won with 71.9% of the vote, defeating Craig Finley (R) by 43.9 points.

Pat ReganDemocrat · winner · incumbent
71.9%2,885
Craig FinleyRepublican
28.1%1,125
4,010 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+37.21982D+43.91986R+2.11990R+31.71996D+31.02012R+4.22016

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