The Green Papers: Montana 2024 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
✓ Primary: Tuesday 4 June 2024
✓ General Election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
Thursday 11 January - Monday 11 March 2024 - Filing - Primary .
Tuesday 9 April 2024 - Filing - Primary write-in .
Monday 27 May 2024 - Filing Deadline - Petitions filed with county for Independent/Third/Minor/President .
Monday 3 June 2024 - Filing Deadline - Declaration of Intent for Independent/Third/Minor/President .
Tuesday 4 June 2024 - Primary . Polling hours reportedly 7:00a-8:00p MDT (1300-0200 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 10 September 2024 - Filing Deadline - Write-in .
Tuesday 5 November 2024 - General Election . Polling hours reportedly 7:00a-8:00p MST (1400-0300 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.
 
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 2)
Governor:1 
2020 Census:1,085,407 (0.35% of 309,785,186)
2024, 2028 Electoral Votes:4(0.00% of 538)
2022-2030 Representatives:2(0.46% of 435)
Capital:Helena
 

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Montana State and Local Government

Montana 2024 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats   Republicans


There is no party registration in Montana. Primary election voters secretly select 1 party's ballot. The Democratic, Libertarian, and Republican Parties are ballot qualified.

Candidate filing from the Montana Secretary of State.

4 June 2024 primary returns from the Montana Secretary of State Elections and results from a media source.

General Election Returns from the Montana Secretary of State.

 
           

President  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 4 (Winner-take-all), How Appointed, Meeting Place, Duly Appointed Presidential Electors, List of Presidential Candidates by State, List of Presidential Candidates.
Up for election in 2024
 Candidate list (5)
  Elected Republican 352,001 58.39% former President Donald John Trump
for Vice President: Ohio Senator James D. "J.D." Vance
(4 Electoral Votes)
FEC P80001571; 08 Aug 24; Tot $29,134; Dsb $29,134
  Candidate Democratic 231,856 38.46% Vice President  Kamala Devi Harris
for Vice President: Minnesota Governor Timothy J. "Tim" Walz
FEC P00009423; 16 Oct 24; Tot $997,236,360; Dsb $880,268,088
  Candidate We The People 11,824 1.96% Robert Francis Kennedy, Jr.
for Vice President: Nicole Ann Shanahan
FEC P40011793; 16 Oct 24; Tot $62,846,924; Dsb $61,628,901
  Candidate Libertarian 4,273 0.71% Chase Russell Oliver
for Vice President: Mike ter Maat
FEC P40011983; 16 Oct 24; Tot $441,081; Dsb $435,801
  Candidate Green 2,878 0.48% former Lexington Town Meeting Member Jill Ellen Stein
for Vice President: Rudolph T. "Butch" Ware, III
FEC P20003984; 30 Sep 24; Tot $2,582,503; Dsb $2,668,132
Total 602,832 100.00%  

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 118th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1
Seat up for regular election
Democratic Senator  R. Jon "Jon" Tester
First elected: 2006; re-elected: 2012, 2018.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
Renominated
 Candidate list (4)
  Elected Republican 319,618 52.64% Tim Sheehy
FEC S4MT00183; 16 Oct 24; Tot $26,161,680; Dsb $22,284,630
  Candidate Democratic 276,252 45.50% Senator  R. Jon "Jon" Tester
FEC S6MT00162; 16 Oct 24; Tot $83,666,798; Dsb $82,407,204
  Candidate Libertarian 7,269 1.20% Kalispell City Council Member  Sid Daoud
FEC S4MT00241
  Candidate Green 4,003 0.66% Robert Barb
Suit filed to remove Robert Barb from the ballot: Montana Democratic Party v Montana First Judicial District Court, OP-24-0424.
17 September 2024: The Montana Supreme Court keeps Robert Barb on the ballot. The vote was unanimous.

FEC S4MT00225
Total 607,142 100.00%  

Class 2 Republican Senator  Steven "Steve" Daines
First elected: 2014; re-elected: 2020.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026
 Candidate list (1)
  Candidate Republican     Senator  Steven "Steve" Daines
FEC S2MT00096

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in any 4-term period, All Governors

Chair up for regular election Republican Governor  Greg Gianforte
• Re-elected Tuesday 5 November 2024
First elected: 2020
Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.
Renominated
 Candidate list (3)
  Elected Republican 354,491 58.86% Governor  Greg Gianforte
for Lieutenant Governor: Kristen Juras
  Candidate Democratic 232,604 38.62% Ryan Busse
for Lieutenant Governor: Raph Graybill
  Candidate Libertarian 15,188 2.52% Kaiser Leib
for Lieutenant Governor: Matt Campbell
Total 602,283 100.00%  

Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024. Elected on a ticket with the Governor.

Seat up for regular election Republican Lieutenant Governor Kristen Juras
First elected: 2020.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024

118th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2024, 2026. No Term Limit. 118th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
2 Republican (1 Renominated, 1 Open)

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 1
Seat up for regular election
Republican Member of Congress  Ryan K. Zinke
• Re-elected Tuesday 5 November 2024
First elected: 2014; resigned 1 March 2017 to become Secretary of the Interior in the Cabinet of President Donald J. Trump; re-elected: 2022.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
Renominated
 Candidate list (3) - 119th Congress
  Elected Republican 168,529 52.29% Member of Congress  Ryan K. Zinke
FEC H4MT01041; 16 Oct 24; Tot $9,366,073; Dsb $7,601,939
  Candidate Democratic 143,783 44.62% Monica Tranel
FEC H2MT02092; 16 Oct 24; Tot $5,681,808; Dsb $4,887,377
  Candidate Libertarian 9,954 3.09% Dennis Hayes
FEC H4MT01090
Total 322,266 100.00%  

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 2
Seat up for regular election
Open
Republican Member of Congress  Matt Rosendale
First elected: 2020
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
Open Seat - 9 February 2024: Candidate for the Class 1 US Senate in 2024.
15 February 2024: Dropped bid for the US Senate.

8 March 2024: "... I am withdrawing from the House race and will not be seeking office."
 ** Open Seat (no incumbent) **
 Candidate list (2) - 119th Congress
  Elected Republican 181,744 65.99% Auditor  Troy Downing
FEC H4MT02098; 16 Oct 24; Tot $2,727,359; Dsb $2,522,821
  Candidate Democratic 93,680 34.01% former state Representative John Brian Driscoll
FEC H8MT00051
Total 275,424 100.00%  

Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024

Seat up for regular election Republican Secretary of State  Christi Jacobsen
• Re-elected Tuesday 5 November 2024
First elected: 2020
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
Renominated
 Candidate list (3)
  Elected Republican 364,245 61.39% Secretary of State  Christi Jacobsen
  Candidate Democratic 210,617 35.50% Jesse James Mullen
  Candidate Libertarian 18,497 3.12% John Lamb
Total 593,359 100.00%  

Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024

Seat up for regular election Republican Attorney General  Austin Knudsen
• Re-elected Tuesday 5 November 2024
First elected: 2020
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
Renominated
 Candidate list (2)
  Elected Republican 352,603 59.71% Attorney General  Austin Knudsen
  Candidate Democratic 237,891 40.29% Ben Alke
Total 590,494 100.00%  

Auditor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024

Seat up for regular election
Open
Republican Auditor Troy Downing
First elected: 2020
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
Open Seat - Ran for and won the contest for Congress in CD 2.
 ** Open Office (no incumbent) **
 Candidate list (2)
  Elected Republican 358,573 61.42% Public Service Commissioner  James "Jim" Brown
  Candidate Democratic 225,205 38.58% John Repke
Total 583,778 100.00%  

Superintendent of Public Instruction  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024

Seat up for regular election
Open
Republican Public Instruction Superintendent  Elsie Arntzen
First elected: 2016; re-elected: 2020.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
Open Seat - At term limit.
Ran for but did not receive his party's nomination for U.S. House CD 2.
 ** Open Office (no incumbent) **
 Candidate list (2)
  Elected Republican 348,296 59.32% Townsend School District Superintendent  Susie Hedalen
  Candidate Democratic 238,829 40.68% state Senator  Shannon O'Brien
Total 587,125 100.00%  
 

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   Those parties which received electoral votes through winning a plurality of a state's [or the District of Columbia's] popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
  Democratic (affiliates): 1 incumbent, 9 candidates
  Republican: 9 incumbents, 10 candidates
Major Third Parties   Any Party, other than a Major Party, receiving a minimum of 15/100ths of 1 percent of the nationwide popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
  Green (affiliates): 2 candidates
  Libertarian: 5 candidates
Other Third Parties
  We The People: 1 candidate
 
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.

Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change.

"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.


Links Links to other web sites

Constitution   Links to State Constitutions
  The CONSTITUTION of the STATE OF MONTANA
Election Authority
  Commissioner of Political Practices
  Montana Secretary of State
  Montana Secretary of State Elections
Democratic
  Montana Democratic Party
Republican
  Montana Republican Party
Third Party
  Montana Green Party
  Montana Libertarian Party
  Montana Libertarian Party - Facebook
Media & others
  Bigfork Eagle
  Billings Gazette
  Havre Daily News
  KECI TV Missoula; KTVM TV Bozeman, Butte; KCFW TV Kalispell - NBC
  KPAX TV - CBS - Missoula
  KRTV TV - CBS - Great Falls
  KURL TV - NBC - Billings
  KXLF TV - CBS - Butte
  Laurel Outlook (Weekly)
  Lewistown News-Argus
  Make it Missoula
  Missoulian News Online - Western Montana
  Northern Broadcasting System
  Politics1.com - Montana
  Ravalli Republic - Hamilton
  The Bozeman Daily Chronicle
  The Daily Inter Lake - Kalispell
  The Independent Record - Helena
  The Leader Advertiser - Polson
  The Montana Standard - Butte
  The Whitefish Pilot
  Tobacco Valley News

 


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