The Green Papers: Montana 2008 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Tuesday 3 June 2008
General Election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
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
Tuesday 3 June 2008 polling hours 7:00a MDT (1300 UTC) to 8:00p MDT (0200 UTC).
Tuesday 4 November 2008 polling hours 7:00a MST (1400 UTC) to 8:00p MST (0300 UTC).
 

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Montana State and Local Government

Montana 2008 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats, Republicans, Third Parties

           
President  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 3 (Winner-take-all)
Up for election in 2008
U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 110th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes
Class 1 Democratic Senator Jon Tester
• First elected: 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
Class 2
Seat up for election		 Democratic Senator Max Baucus
• First elected: 1978; re-elected: 1984, 1990, 1996, 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
• Renominated - 3 June 2008 Primary
  Candidate Democratic     Senator Max Baucus
• FEC S8MT00010: $6,682,834
  Candidate Republican     Kirk A. Bushman
• FEC S8MT00168: $41,860
  Candidate Republican     Shay Joshua Garnett
• Withdrew 15 April 2008
• FEC S8MT00184: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     Bob Kelleher
• FEC S6MT00212: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     state Representative Michael Lange
• FEC S8MT00150: $11,828
  Candidate Republican     Patty L. Lovaas
• FEC S8MT00192: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     Anton A. Pearson, Jr.
• FEC S8MT00176: Financial report not available
Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in any 4-term period, All Governors
Chair up for election 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.
  Candidate Democratic     William A. Fischer
• For Lieutenant Governor: Steve White
  Candidate Democratic     Donald Pogreba
• For Lieutenant Governor: Jason Neiffer
  Candidate Democratic     Governor Brian Schweitzer
• For Lieutenant Governor: Lieutenant Governor John C. Bohlinger
  Candidate Republican     state Senator Roy Brown
• For Lieutenant Governor: Steve Daines
  Candidate Republican     Larry H. Steele
• For Lieutenant Governor: Harold Luce
  Candidate Libertarian     Stan Jones
• For Lieutenant Governor: Michael Baker
Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008. Elected on a ticket with the Governor.
Seat up for election Democratic Lieutenant Governor John C. Bohlinger
• First elected: 2004
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
110th U.S. House of Representatives  2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 110th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
1 Republican (1 Renominated)
At-Large
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Seat up for election		 Republican Congressman Dennis R. "Denny" Rehberg
• First elected: 2000
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
• Renominated - 3 June 2008 Primary
  Candidate Democratic     Robert G. Candee
• FEC H2MT00013: Financial report not available
  Candidate Democratic     John Driscoll
• FEC H8MT00051: Financial report not available
  Candidate Democratic     Jim Hunt
• FEC H8MT00044: $132,619
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Dennis R. "Denny" Rehberg
• FEC H0MT00033: $644,864
  Candidate Libertarian     Mike Fellows
• FEC H8MT01141: Financial report not available
Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008
Seat up for election Republican Secretary of State Brad Johnson
• First elected: 2004
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
• Renominated - 3 June 2008 Primary
  Candidate Democratic     Public Instruction Superintendent Linda H. McCulloch
  Candidate Republican     Secretary of State Brad Johnson
  Candidate Constitution     Sieglinde Sharbono
Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008
Seat up for election
Open		 Democratic Attorney General Mike McGrath
• First elected: 2000; re-elected: 2004
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
• Open Seat - At Term Limit. Running for Supreme Court Chief Justice in 2008.
  Candidate Democratic     Steve Bullock
  Candidate Democratic     John W. Parker
  Candidate Democratic     Mike Wheat
  Candidate Republican     Lee Bruner
  Candidate Republican     Tim Fox
Auditor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008
Seat up for election
Open		 Democratic Auditor John Morrison
• First elected: 2000; re-elected: 2004
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
• Open Seat - At term limit.
  Candidate Democratic     Monica J. Lindeen
  Candidate Republican     Duane Grimes
Superintendent of Public Instruction  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008
Seat up for election
Open		 Democratic Public Instruction Superintendent Linda H. McCulloch
• First elected: 2000; re-elcected: 2004
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
• Open Seat - At term limit. Running for Secretary of State in 2008.
  Candidate Democratic     Denise Juneau
  Candidate Democratic     Sam Kitzenberg
  Candidate Democratic     Claudette Morton
  Candidate Democratic     state Representative Holly Raser
  Candidate Republican     Elaine Sollie Herman
  Candidate Libertarian     Donald J. Eisenmenger
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
 • Democratic (affiliates): 7 incumbents, 16 candidates
 • Republican: 2 incumbents, 14 candidates
Major Third Parties
 • Green (affiliates)
 • Libertarian: 3 candidates
Other Third Parties
 • Constitution (affiliates): 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 an election authority that the person so listed will actually appear on the ballot.
 
FEC indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary "Total Receipts" for candidates for Federal Office.
Links Links to other web sites
Constitution   Links to State Constitutions
 • Montana Constitution
Election Authority
 • Montana Secretary of State
Legislature   Links to State Legislatures
 • Montana State Legislature
Democratic
 • Montana Democratic Party
Republican
 • Montana Republican Party
Third Party
 • Montana Green Party
 • Montana Libertarian Party
 • The Constitution Party of Montana Effective 2006 the Montana affiliate of the Constitution Party voted to disaffiliate from the national Constitution Party.
Media & others
 • Bigfork Eagle
 • Billings Gazette
 • DC's Political Report - Montana
 • Great Falls Tribune
 • Havre Daily News
 • KPAX TV - CBS - Missoula
 • KRTV TV - CBS - Great Falls
 • KTVQ TV - CBS - Billings
 • KUFM - Montana Public Radio - Missoula
 • KURL TV - NBC - Billings
 • KXLF TV - CBS - Butte
 • KXLH TV - CBS - Helena
 • Laurel Outlook (Weekly)
 • Lewistown News-Argus
 • Liberty County Times
 • Missoulian News Online - Western Montana
 • Montana Forum
 • Politics1.com - Montana
 • Ravalli Republic - Hamilton
 • The Billings Outpost
 • 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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