# 2020 Montana Attorney General election

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The 2020 Montana Attorney General election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the Attorney General of the U.S. state of Montana. Incumbent Republican Montana Attorney General Tim Fox was re-elected in 2016 with 67.7% of the vote. Fox was term-limited and was ineligible to run for re-election. Fox decided to run for the Governor of Montana election, losing the nomination to Greg Gianforte. Austin Knudsen defeated Jon Bennion in the Republican primary and defeated Democrat Raph Graybill in the general election by over 17 points.

## Republican primary
### Candidates
#### Nominee

* Austin Knudsen, Roosevelt County Attorney, and former speaker of the Montana House of Representatives

#### Eliminated in primary

* Jon Bennion, chief deputy Attorney General

### Results

Republican primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Austin Knudsen | 116,113 | 59.8% |
| | Republican | Jon Bennion | 78,161 | 40.2% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 194,274 | 100.0 |

## Democratic primary
### Candidates
#### Nominee

* Raph Graybill, chief legal counsel to Governor Steve Bullock

#### Eliminated in primary

* Kimberly Dudik, state representative

#### Withdrawn

* Jim Cossitt, bankruptcy attorney

#### Declined

* John Morrison, former Montana State Auditor

### Results

Democratic primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Raph Graybill | 79,772 | 57.1% |
| | Democratic | Kimberly Dudik | 59,963 | 42.9% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 139,735 | 100.0% |

## Green primary
### Candidates
#### Disqualified

* Roy Davis

### Results

Green primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Green | Roy Davis | 748 | 100.0% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 748 | 100.0% |

## General election
### Predictions

| Source | Ranking | As of |
| The Cook Political Report | Tossup | June 25, 2020 |

### Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of October 14, 2020 :
| Candidate (party) | Total receipts | Total disbursements | Cash on hand |
| Raph Graybill (D) | $725,288 | $650,110 | $75,178 |
| Austin Knudsen (R) | $400,167 | $359,831 | $40,336 |
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### Polling

| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Austin Knudsen (R) | Raph Graybill (D) | Other |
| Raph Graybill | Released September 3, 2020 | – | – | 38% | 38% | 20% |

### Results

Montana Attorney General election, 2020 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Republican | Austin Knudsen | 348,322 | 58.51% | 9.16 |
| | Democratic | Raph Graybill | 247,025 | 41.49% | 9.16 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 595,347 | 100.00% | |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |