1988Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1988 election for Montana House District 26
Montana House of Representatives · Montana
Jessica Stickney (D) won with 52.9% of the vote, defeating Tonia Stratford (R) by 5.8 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Jessica StickneyDemocrat · winner
52.9%1,576
Tonia StratfordRepublican · incumbent
47.1%1,402
2,978 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 1988
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET