1988Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1988 election for Montana House District 59
Montana House of Representatives · Montana
Vicki Cocchiarella (D) won with 54.9% of the vote, defeating Earl C. Lory (R) by 9.9 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Vicki CocchiarellaDemocrat · winner
54.9%2,254
Earl C. LoryRepublican · incumbent
45.1%1,849
4,103 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