Montana 2012 General Election

The Green Papers: Montana 2012 General Election

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Montana
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Tuesday 5 June 2012
General Election: Tuesday 6 November 2012

Senators:	2	(Electoral Classes 1 and 2)
Governor:	1
2010 Census:	994,416	(0.32% of 309,785,186)
2012, 2016, 2020 Electoral Votes:	3	(0.56% of 538)
2012-2020 Representatives:	1	(0.23% of 435)
2000 Census:	905,316	(0.32% of 281,998,273)
2004, 2008 Electoral Votes:	3	(0.56% of 538)
2002-2010 Representatives:	1	(0.23% of 435)
Capital:	Helena
Tuesday 5 June 2012 polling hours 7:00a MDT (1300 UTC) to 8:00p MDT (0200 UTC). A polling place with less than 400 registered voters must be open at least from noon to 8 p.m. or until all registered electors have voted.
Tuesday 6 November 2012 polling hours 7:00a MST (1400 UTC) to 8:00p MST (0300 UTC). A polling place with less than 400 registered voters must be open at least from noon to 8 p.m. or until all registered electors have voted.

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Montana State and Local Government

Montana 2012 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats, Republicans, Third Parties

6 November 2012 candidate filing and Official Declared Presidential Write-In Candidates from the Montana Secretary of State.

6 November 2012 returns from the Montana Secretary of State.



President 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2012, 2016. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 3 (Winner-take-all), How Appointed, Meeting Place, Duly Appointed Presidential Electors, List of Presidential Candidates.


		Republican	267,928	55.35%	former Massachusetts Governor Willard "Mitt" Romney (3 Electoral Votes) • Vice President: Wisconsin Congressman Paul D. Ryan • FEC P80003353; 26 Nov 12; Tot $478,704,347; Dsb $465,787,141

		Democratic	201,839	41.70%	President Barack Hussein Obama • Vice President: Vice President Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr. • FEC P80003338; 26 Nov 12; Tot $732,741,988; Dsb $729,647,987

		Libertarian	14,165	2.93%	former New Mexico Governor Gary Earl Johnson • Vice President: James P. "Jim" Gray • FEC P20002671; 26 Nov 12; Tot $2,575,529; Dsb $2,572,585

		Write-in; (Justice Party)	59	0.01%	former Salt Lake City Mayor Ross Carl "Rocky" Anderson • Vice President: Luis J. Rodriguez • FEC P20004263; 31 Dec 11; Tot $7,954; Dsb $10,084
		Write-in; (Constitution)	39	0.01%	former Congressman Virgil Hamlin Goode, Jr. • Vice President: James N. "Jim" Clymer • FEC P20004685; 26 Nov 12; Tot $202,258; Dsb $202,253
		Write-in; (Peace And Freedom)	6	0.00%	Roseanne Cherri Barr • Vice President: Cindy Lee Sheehan • FEC P20002804; 26 Nov 12; Tot $56,337; Dsb $53,474
		Write-in; (America's Party)	5	0.00%	Thomas "Tom" Hoefling • Vice President: Jonathan D. "J.D." Ellis • FEC P20005260
		Write-in; (Socialist Party USA)	4	0.00%	Stewart Alexis Alexander • FEC P20003968
		Write-in; (Reform)	2	0.00%	Andre Nigel Barnett • Vice President: Kenneth R. "Ken" Cross • FEC P20002697
		Write-in	1	0.00%	Alexis Logsdon
		Write-in; (Independent)	0	0.00%	Avery L. Ayers • Vice President: Alejandrina Cabrera • FEC P20004479
		Write-in	0	0.00%	Dennis Andrew Ball
		Write-in; (Nonpartisan)	0	0.00%	Jerry Leon Carroll • FEC P00000679; 18 Nov 12; Tot $160; Dsb $160
		Write-in; (Constitution)			Will Christensen • Vice President: Kenneth "Ken" L. Gibbs • FEC P20005245
		Write-in; (Independent)	0	0.00%	Santa Claus • FEC P20005146
		Write-in	0	0.00%	Bonny Lynn Davis Grace • Vice President: Steven Reid Merritt
		Write-in	0	0.00%	Richard Austin Duncan • Vice President: Ricky Johnson • FEC P20005252
		Write-in	0	0.00%	Stephen Gaylord Durham • Vice President: Christina López. Freedom Socialist. • FEC P20004651; 31 Dec 12; Tot $38,295; Dsb $38,295
		Write-in; (Unaffiliated)	0	0.00%	Darrell Hykes • FEC P20002903
		Write-in	0	0.00%	Nelson Keyton, Jr. • Vice President: Jay Jennelle
		Write-in	0	0.00%	Valma "Val" Kittington
		Write-in; (Democratic)	0	0.00%	Dennis Jerome Knill • Vice President: David Gilder • FEC P20002218; 31 Oct 12; Tot $1,089; Dsb $1,208
		Write-in; (Democratic)	0	0.00%	Loretta "Leah" (Miller) Lax • FEC P20003042
		Write-in; (Democratic)	0	0.00%	Kip Lee • FEC P20000055
		Write-in; (Republican)	0	0.00%	Erin Kent Magee • Vice President: William Thomas Harney • FEC P20002648; 26 Nov 12; Tot $68; Dsb $5,458
		Write-in; (Independent)	0	0.00%	Dean Daniel Morstad • Vice President: Josh P. Franke-Hyland • FEC P20004172; 26 Nov 12; Tot $11,372; Dsb $11,371
		Write-in; (No Party Affiliation)	0	0.00%	Terrance James "T. J." O'Hara • FEC P20004149
		Write-in	0	0.00%	Barbara Ann K. "Barb" Prokopich • Vice President: Allen R. "Al" Farnham
		Write-in	0	0.00%	Platt Allen Robertson • Vice President: Scott Falls
		Write-in	0	0.00%	Rick L. Rogers • FEC P20005179
		Write-in; (Americans Elect)	0	0.00%	Joseph Charles "Average Joe" Schriner • FEC P00003962; 06 Dec 12; Tot $7,677; Dsb $8,636
		Write-in	0	0.00%	Michael Andre "Mikey" Simoneaux, Jr.
		Write-in; (Republican)	0	0.00%	Sheila Telles "Samm" Tittle • Vice President: Matthew Allen "Matt" Turner • FEC P20002630
		Write-in	0	0.00%	Gerald Legarde "Jerry" Warner
Total			484,048	100.00%

U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 112^th Senate Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1		Democratic	Senator Jon Tester • Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012 • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 • Renominated - 5 June 2012 Primary

		Democratic	236,123	48.58%	Senator Jon Tester • FEC S6MT00162; 26 Nov 12; Tot $11,820,831; Dsb $12,232,537

		Republican	218,051	44.86%	Congressman Dennis Ray "Denny" Rehberg • Congressman At-Large • FEC S6MT00097; 26 Nov 12; Tot $9,419,824; Dsb $8,621,201

		Libertarian	31,892	6.56%	Dan Cox • FEC S2MT00112
Total			486,066	100.00%

Class 2		Democratic	Senator Max Baucus • First elected: 1978; re-elected: 1984, 1990, 1996, 2002, 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014 • 2 April 2012: Announced that he will seek re-election in 2014.

Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in any 4-term period, All Governors

Open		Democratic	Governor Brian Schweitzer • First elected: 2004; re-elected: 2008 • Chair up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 • The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. • Open Chair - At Term Limit
			Open Chair (no incumbent)

		Democratic	236,450	48.90%	Attorney General Steve Bullock • For Lieutenant Governor, former state Adjutant General John Walsh

		Republican	228,879	47.34%	former Congressman Rick Hill • For Lieutenant Governor, state Senator Jon Sonju

		Libertarian	18,160	3.76%	Ron Vandevender • For Lieutenant Governor, Marc Mulcahy
Total			483,489	100.00%

Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Elected on a ticket with the Governor.

Open		Democratic	Lieutenant Governor John C. Bohlinger • First elected: 2004; re-elected: 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 • Open Seat - Retiring at the end of his term

112^th U.S. House of Representatives 2-year term. Election Cycle 2010, 2012. No Term Limit. 112^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 1 Republican (1 Open)

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
At-Large Open		Republican	Congressman Dennis Ray "Denny" Rehberg • First elected: 2000 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 • Open Seat - 1 February 2011: Media reports Congressman Rehberg is running for the Class 1 Senate Seat in 2012.
			Open Seat (no incumbent)
	Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment

		Republican	255,468	53.25%	Steven "Steve" Daines • 12 November 2010: Filed to run for the U.S. Senate Class 1 Seat in 2012. 3 February 2011: Announced he wuld run for the U.S. House At-Large seat. • FEC H2MT01060; 26 Nov 12; Tot $1,814,477; Dsb $1,985,976

		Democratic	204,939	42.72%	state Representative Kim J. Gillan • FEC H2MT00047; 26 Nov 12; Tot $991,255; Dsb $977,346

		Libertarian	19,333	4.03%	David "Dave" Kaiser • FEC H2MT00096
Total			479,740	100.00%

Secretary of State 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012

		Democratic	Secretary of State Linda H. McCulloch • Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012 • First elected: 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 • Renominated - 5 June 2012 Primary

		Democratic	245,024	51.41%	Secretary of State Linda H. McCulloch

		Republican	214,976	45.10%	former Secretary of State Brad Johnson

		Libertarian	16,622	3.49%	Roger Roots
Total			476,622	100.00%

Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012

Open		Democratic	Attorney General Steve Bullock • First elected: 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 • Open Seat - 30 August 2011: Media reports state he is planning to run for Governor in 2012.
			Open Office (no incumbent)

		Republican	252,916	53.68%	Tim Fox

		Democratic	218,228	46.32%	Pam Bucy • 5 June 2012 primary: Received 51%.
Total			471,144	100.00%

Auditor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012

		Democratic	Auditor Monica J. Lindeen • Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012 • First elected: 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 • Renominated - 5 June 2012 Primary

		Democratic	248,447	53.52%	Auditor Monica J. Lindeen

		Republican	215,743	46.48%	state Representative Derek Skees
Total			464,190	100.00%

Superintendent of Public Instruction 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012

		Democratic	Public Instruction Superintendent Denise Juneau • Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012 • First elected: 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 • Renominated - 5 June 2012 Primary

		Democratic	235,397	50.24%	Public Instruction Superintendent Denise Juneau

		Republican	233,166	49.76%	Sandy Welch • 3 December 2012: Sandy Welch requests a recount. 11 December 2012: Sandy Welch withdrew her request for a recount because she could not raise the $115,000 necessary to pay the costs.
Total			468,563	100.00%

Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

Major Parties
	• Democratic (affiliates): 8 incumbents, 11 candidates
	• Republican: 1 incumbent, 10 candidates
Major Third Parties
	• Constitution (affiliates): 2 candidates
	• Libertarian: 5 candidates
	• Reform (affiliates): 1 candidate
Other Third Parties
	• America's Party: 1 candidate
	• Americans Elect: 1 candidate
	• Justice Party: 1 candidate
	• Peace And Freedom: 1 candidate
	• Socialist Party USA: 1 candidate
Independents
	• Independent: 3 candidates
	• No Party Affiliation: 1 candidate
	• Nonpartisan: 1 candidate
	• Unaffiliated: 1 candidate
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
	• Write-in: 31 candidates
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.

"FEC" indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary.

When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details.

If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements.