The Green Papers: Montana 2002 Midterm Election
 
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Primary: Tuesday 4 June 2002
Midterm Election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
Governor:1(Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in any 4-term period)
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 2)
2000 Representatives:1(0.23% of 435)
2002 Representatives:1(0.23% of 435)
1990 Census:799,065 (0.32% of 248,765,170)
2000 Census:905,316 (0.32% of 281,998,273)
Registered Voters (Nov 98):494,763
Estimated Voting age population (Jan 98):658,000
Capital:Helena
Tuesday 4 June 2002 polls close 8:00p MDT (0200 UTC)
Tuesday 5 November 2002 polls close 8:00p MST (0300 UTC)
 

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Montana State and Local Government

preview re: General Election in MONTANA-
Tuesday 5 November 2002

Polls close: 8 PM Mountain Standard Time
(0300 UTC, Wed 6 Nov)

  • MONTANA is NOT electing its Governor in 2002.
  • MONTANA is electing its U.S. Senator in the "Class 2" seat in 2002; incumbent Democrat Max Baucus is a candidate for re-election to the Senate in the General Election.
  • MONTANA is electing 1 At-Large Member of Congress (U.S. House of Representatives) in 2002; the State did not lose a House seat as a result of the 2000 census.

    • Member of Congress currently serving in the U.S. House of Representatives, 107th Congress from the State of MONTANA not seeking re-election in the 5 November 2002 General Election:

    None.

    Open Seat [that in which an incumbent is not running for re-election] in the U.S. House from MONTANA in the 5 November 2002 General Election:

    None.

    Uncontested Major Races [for Governor, U.S. Senate or U.S. House] in the 5 November 2002 General Election in MONTANA:

    None.

 
Governor  Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in any 4-term period, Governors
  Republican Governor Judy Martz
• First elected: 2000
• Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
• The current Governor is NOT affected by this state's term limit.
Senate  6-year term, 107th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes
Class 1 Republican Senator Conrad Burns
• First elected: 1988; re-elected: 1994, 2000
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
 

17 April 2001: Senator Burns is recovering from surgery. Reports indicate that doctors removed a malignant polyp from the colon of the 66 year old Senator about a week ago. He is expected to make a complete recovery.

Class 2
Seat up for election		 Democrat Senator Max Baucus
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
• First elected: 1978; re-elected: 1984, 1990, 1996, 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
• Renominated - 4 June 2002 Primary
  Elected Democrat Senator Max Baucus
  Candidate Green Bob Kelleher
  Candidate Libertarian Stan Jones
  Candidate Republican Mike Taylor
• 21 October 2002: State Senator Mike Taylor resumes his campaign.
10 October 2002: State Senator Mike Taylor suspended his campaign for the Senate. His name, however, will remain on the ballot. The Republican party is considering a write-in candidate.
107th House of Representatives  2-year term, House (2001-2002)
1992-2000 Congressional District for the election of the 107th Congress
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
1 Republican (1 Renominated)
At-Large Republican Congressman Dennis "Denny" Rehberg
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
• First elected: 2000
• Renominated - 4 June 2002 Primary
 Congressman Rehberg is a candidate for re-election in the At-Large CD
108th House of Representatives  2-year term, House (2003-2004)
2002-2010 Congressional District for the election of the 108th Congress
At-Large
Seat up for election		   (pending)
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
  Candidate Democrat Steve Kelly
  Candidate Libertarian Mike Fellows
  Elected Republican Congressman Dennis "Denny" Rehberg
 

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  2002 Partisan Composition by State  
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  Governors of the States of the Union by REGION and subregion  
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