Montana 2009 General Election

The Green Papers: Montana 2009 General Election

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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. 111^th Senate Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1	Democratic	Senator Jon Tester • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012

Class 2	Democratic	Senator Max Baucus • First elected: 1978; re-elected: 1984, 1990, 1996, 2002, 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014

Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in any 4-term period, All Governors

	Democratic	Governor Brian Schweitzer • First elected: 2004; re-elected: 2008 • Chair up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 • The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. • Open Chair - At term limit

Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Elected on a ticket with the Governor.

	Democratic	Lieutenant Governor John C. Bohlinger • First elected: 2004; re-elected: 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012

111^th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 111^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 1 Republican (1 Undetermined)

At-Large {map}	Republican	Congressman Dennis R. "Denny" Rehberg • First elected: 2000 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

	Democratic		Tyler Reed Gernant • FEC H0MT01072: $57,981
	Democratic		Melinda Gopher
	Democratic		Dennis Dee McDonald • FEC H0MT00041: $87,873

	Republican		Agnes J. Otjen • FEC H0MT00058: Financial report not available
	*Republican*		*Congressman Dennis R. "Denny" Rehberg* • FEC H0MT00033: $539,664

Secretary of State 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012

	Democratic	Secretary of State Linda H. McCulloch • First elected: 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012

Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012

	Democratic	Attorney General Steve Bullock • First elected: 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012

Auditor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012

	Democratic	Auditor Monica J. Lindeen • First elected: 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012

Superintendent of Public Instruction 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012

	Democratic	Public Instruction Superintendent Denise Juneau • First elected: 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012

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): 8 incumbents, 3 candidates
	• Republican: 1 incumbent, 2 candidates
Major Third Parties
	• Constitution (affiliates)
	• Green (affiliates)
	• Libertarian
Other Third Parties
	• Unity
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 a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to 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
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.
	• The Unity Party of Montana
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
	• KUFM - Montana Public Radio - Missoula
	• KURL TV - NBC - Billings
	• KXLF TV - CBS - Butte
	• Laurel Outlook (Weekly)
	• Lewistown News-Argus
	• Liberty County Times
	• Missoula Independent (Weekly)
	• 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