# 2024 Montana elections

Elections in Montana :
Federal government
Presidential elections
1892
1896
1900
1904
1908
1912
1916
1920
1924
1928
1932
1936
1940
1944
1948
1952
1956
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024
Presidential primaries
Democratic
2000
2004
2008
2016
2020
2024
Republican
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024
U.S. Senate elections
1890
1895
1895 sp
1899
1901
1901 sp
1905
1907
1911
1913
1916
1918
1922
1924
1928
1930
1934
1934 sp
1936
1940
1942
1946
1948
1952
1954
1958
1960
1964
1966
1970
1972
1976
1978
1982
1984
1988
1990
1994
1996
2000
2002
2006
2008
2012
2014
2018
2020
2024
2026
U.S. House of Representatives elections
1889
1890
1892
1894
1896
1898
1900
1902
1904
1906
1908
1910
1912
1914
1916
1918
1920
1922
1924
1926
1928
1930
1932
1934
1936
1938
1940
1942
1944
1945
2nd sp
1946
1948
1950
1952
1954
1956
1958
1960
1962
1964
1966
1968
1969
2nd sp
1970
1972
1974
1976
1978
1980
1982
1984
1986
1988
1990
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
2017
AL sp
2018
2020
2022
2024 :
State government
General elections
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
2022
2024
Gubernatorial elections
1889
1892
1896
1900
1904
1908
1912
1916
1920
1924
1928
1932
1936
1940
1944
1948
1952
1956
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024
Secretary of State elections
2020
2024
Attorney General elections
2020
2024
State Auditor elections
2020
2024
Senate elections
2016
2018
2020
2022
2024
House of Representatives elections
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
2022
2024 :
Ballot measures
1894Capital referendum
2004Initiative 96
2012Referendum 121
2016Initiative 182
2020Initiative 190
2022Referendum 131
2024Initiative 128 :
Billings
Mayoral elections
2001
2005
2009
2013
2017
2021
2025 :
Missoula
Mayoral elections
2001
2005
2009
2013
2017
2021
2023 sp
2025 :
Great Falls
Mayoral elections
2001
2005
2009
2013
2017
2021
2025 :
Bozeman
Mayoral elections
2001
2005
2009
2013
2017
2021
2025 :
Helena
Mayoral elections
2001
2005
2009
2013
2017
2021
2025 :
vte :
A general election was held in Montana on November 5, 2024. Both of Montana's seats in the United States House of Representatives, all of the seats in the Montana House of Representatives, and half of the seats in the Montana Senate were up for election. The primary election was held on June 4, 2024.

## Federal
### President

Donald J. Trump received 58% of the vote while Kamala D. Harris had 38%.

### Congress
#### Senate

Incumbent Democrat Jon Tester ran for re-election. He was defeated by businessman Tim Sheehy. Libertarian Sid Daoud and Robert Barb of the Green Party each received 1% of the vote.

#### House of Representatives

The United States House of Representatives has two districts in Montana. For District 1 the incumbent Republican Ryan Zinke defeated Democrat Monica Tranel and Libertarian Dennis Hayes. In District 2, Republican Troy Downing won against Democrat John Driscoll.

## State
### Executive
#### Governor

Incumbent Republican Greg Gianforte defeated Democrat Ryan Busse with 59% of the vote. The Libertarian candidate Kaiser Leib received 3% of the vote.

#### Secretary of State

The Republican incumbent Christi Jacobsen defeated Democrat Jesse James Mullen and Libertarian John Lamb.

#### Attorney general

Incumbent Republican Austin Knudsen defeated Democrat Ben Alke with 60% of the vote.

#### Public Service Commission

Three of five seats on the Montana Public Service Commission - Districts 2, 3 and 4 - were up for election on November 5, 2024. The party primaries were on June 4.
For District 2, Republican candidate Brad Molnar won against Democrat Susan Bilo. For District 3, Republican Jeff Welborn defeated Democrat Lenny Williams. For District 4, Republican Jennifer Fielder defeated Independent Elena Evans.

#### State auditor

Republican candidate James Brown defeated Democrat John Repke.

#### Superintendent of Public Instruction

Incumbent Republican Montana Superintendent of Public Instruction Elsie Arntzen was re-elected in 2020 with 52.2% of the vote. She was term-limited and could not run for re-election. The Republican candidate Susie Hedalen defeated Democratic candidate Shannon O'Brien.

### Legislature
#### Senate

25 of the 50 seats in the Montana Senate were up for election in 2024.

#### House of Representatives

All 100 seats in the Montana House of Representatives were up for election in 2024.

### Judicial
#### Supreme Court Chief Justice

Broadwater County Attorney Cory Swanson received 54% of the vote against former federal magistrate judge Jeremiah Lynch for Chief Justice of the Montana Supreme Court.

#### Supreme Court Justice

The election for Supreme Court Justice #3 was between Katherine M. Bidegaray, a judge for Montana's 7th Judicial District, and Dan Wilson, a district court judge in Kalispell. Bidegaray defeated Wilson with 54% of the vote.

#### Clerk of the Supreme Court

Incumbent Republican Bowen Greenwood ran for re-election as the Clerk of the Montana Supreme Court. He won 57% of the vote against Democrat Erin Farris-Olsen and Libertarian Roger Roots.

#### District Court Judges

The majority of Montana District Courts elections were for retention of current judges. For District 2, Department 1, Frank Joseph narrowly defeated Ann Shea with 51% of the vote. For District 11, Department 2, Paul Sullivan defeated Eric S. Hummel. For District 15, Department 1, Benjamin J. Fosland defeated Janet Christoffersen.
Unopposed:
* District 3, Department 1 - Jeffrey W. Dahood
* District 4, Department 2 - Tara Elliott
* District 14, Department 1 - Adam Larsen
* District 16, Department 2 - Rennie Wittman
* District 20, Department 2 - Britt Cotter

### Ballot measures

* CI-126 was not approved. It received a 51% no vote. The initiative would have created a top-four primary system for state elections. The top-four vote getters would advance to the general election regardless of party.
* CI-127 was defeated with a 60% no vote. The initiative was to provide that certain elections would be decided by the majority vote instead of plurality A majority vote would mean the candidate must receive more than half of the votes cast.
* CI-128 was to establish a constitutional right to abortion before fetal viability The initiative was approved with a 58% yes vote.