Montana 2005 Off Year Elections

The Green Papers: Montana 2005 Off Year Elections

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Montana
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress

Electoral Votes:	3	(0.56% of 538)
Governor:	1
Senators:	2	(Electoral Classes 1 and 2)
2002-2010 Representatives:	1	(0.23% of 435)
2000 Census:	905,316	(0.32% of 281,998,273)
Estimated Voting age population (November 2000):	668,000
Registered Voters (November 2000):	698,260
Capital:	Helena

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Montana State and Local Government



U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 109^th 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

Class 2	Democratic	Senator Max Baucus • First elected: 1978; re-elected: 1984, 1990, 1996, 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in any 4-term period, All Governors

	Democratic	Governor Brian Schweitzer • First elected: 2004 • Chair up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 • The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008. Elected on a ticket with the Governor.

	Democratic	Lieutenant Governor John C. Bohlinger • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

109^th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 109^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 1 Republican (1 Undetermined)

At-Large	Republican	Congressman Dennis "Denny" Rehberg • First elected: 2000 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

Secretary of State 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008

	Republican	Secretary of State Brad Johnson • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008

	Democratic	Attorney General Mike McGrath • First elected: 2000; re-elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

Auditor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008

	Democratic	Auditor John Morrison • First elected: 2000; re-elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

Superintendent of Public Instruction 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008

	Democratic	Public Instruction Superintendent Linda H. McCulloch • First elected: 2000; re-elcected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

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.

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2002-2010 Congressional District 2002-2010 CDs

Montana has been allocated only 1 Representative in Congress at large; therefore, the entire state consists of, in effect, only one statewide Congressional District.