The Green Papers: Montana 2014 General Election |
Montana
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress ✓ Primary: Tuesday 3 June 2014 ✓ General Election: Tuesday 4 November 2014 |
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Montana Secretary of State: 3 June 2014 Primary Candidate Filing and 4 November General Election Candidates 3 June 2014 Primary certified returns from the Montana Secretary of State. 4 November 2014 General Election certified returns as of 1 December 2014 from the Montana Secretary of State. |
U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 113th Senate Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Class 1 | Democratic | Senator R. Jon "Jon" Tester First elected: 2006; re-elected: 2012 Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018 |
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Candidate list | |||||
Democratic | Senator R. Jon "Jon" Tester FEC S6MT00162 |
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Class 2 Open |
Democratic | Senator John E. Walsh Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 4 November 2014 Open Seat - 7 August 2014: Withdrew as a candidate following a plagiarism scandal. "The 2007 research paper from my time at the U.S. Army War College has become a distraction ... I am ending my campaign...." Senator Walsh was renominated by Primary on 3 June 2014 and will serve out the remainder of his term which ends in January 2015. The Democratic Party chose state Representative Amanda Curtis as the replacement nominee at a Special Nominating Convention on Saturday 16 August. |
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Candidate list | |||||
Republican | 213,709 | 57.79% | Congressman Steven "Steve" Daines FEC S2MT00096; 24 Nov 14; Tot $7,496,151; Dsb $6,469,215 |
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Democratic | 148,184 | 40.07% | state Representative Amanda Curtis The Democratic Party chose state Representative Amanda Curtis as the replacement nominee at a Special Nominating Convention on Saturday 16 August. FEC S4MT00159; 24 Nov 14; Tot $977,379; Dsb $936,421 |
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Libertarian | 7,933 | 2.15% | Roger Roots FEC S4MT00142 |
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Independent | Samuel David "Sam" Rankin FEC S6MT00113; 30 Jun 14; Tot $14,922; Dsb $14,815 |
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Total | 369,826 | 100.00% | |||
Senator Max Sieben Baucus (Democratic) who was first elected in 1978 and re-elected in 1984, 1990, 1996, 2002, 2008 resigned on 7 February 2014 after being confirmed by the U.S. Senate as Ambassador to China on 6 February 2014. 23 April 2013: Senator Baucus announces that he will retire at the end of his term. 18 December 2013: Reports indicate Senator Baucus will be nominated as Ambassador to China. 20 December 2013: President Obama officially nominates Senator Baucus as U.S. Ambassador To China. 6 February 2014: Senator Baucus is confirmed by the U.S. Senate 96-0 as Ambassador to China. 6 February 2014: Senator Baucus resigns. 7 February 2014: Montana Governor Steve Bullock (Democratic) appoints Lieutenant Governor Walsh to the Class 2 Senate seat. 11 February 2014: Senator John E. Walsh is sworn in. | |||||
Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2012, 2016. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in any 4-term period, All Governors | |||||
Democratic | Governor Steve Bullock First elected: 2012 Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2012, 2016. Elected on a ticket with the Governor. | |||||
Democratic | Lieutenant Governor Angela McLean Appointed: 10 February 2014 (re: appointment of John Walsh (Democratic) to the U.S. Senate Class 2 seat) Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016 |
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3 October 2013: Lieutenant Governor Walsh, who was first elected in 2012, announces he will run for the Senate Class 2 Seat in 2014. 7 February 2014: Senator Max Sieben Baucus (Democratic) resigns from his Montana Class 2 Senate seat following his confirmation as Ambassador to China on 6 February 2014. 7 February 2014: Governor Steve Bullock (Democratic) appoints Lieutenant Governor Walsh to the Class 2 Senate seat. 10 February 2014: Governor Steve Bullock (Democratic) appoints Angela McLean as Lieutenant Governor. | |||||
113th U.S. House of Representatives 2-year term. Election Cycle 2014, 2016. No Term Limit. 113th House | |||||
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 1 Republican (1 Open) | |||||
Incumbent - 113th Congress | |||||
At-Large Open |
Republican | Congressman Steven "Steve" Daines First elected: 2012 Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 4 November 2014 Open Seat - 5 November 2013: Running for the U.S. Senate Class 2 seat in 2014. |
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Candidate list - 113th Congress | |||||
Republican | 203,871 | 55.41% | former state Senator Ryan K. Zinke FEC H4MT01041; 24 Nov 14; Tot $4,524,345; Dsb $4,429,105 |
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Democratic | 148,690 | 40.41% | John Lewis FEC H4MT00068; 24 Nov 14; Tot $1,721,572; Dsb $1,680,875 |
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Libertarian | 15,402 | 4.19% | Mike Fellows FEC H8MT01141 |
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Total | 367,963 | 100.00% | |||
Secretary of State 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2012, 2016 | |||||
Democratic | Secretary of State Linda H. McCulloch First elected: 2008; re-elected: 2012 Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016 |
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Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2012, 2016 | |||||
Republican | Attorney General Tim Fox First elected: 2012 Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016 |
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Candidate list | |||||
Republican | Attorney General Tim Fox | ||||
Auditor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2012, 2016 | |||||
Democratic | Auditor Monica J. Lindeen First elected: 2008; re-elected: 2012 Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016 |
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Superintendent of Public Instruction 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2012, 2016 | |||||
Democratic | Public Instruction Superintendent Denise Juneau First elected: 2008; re-elected: 2012 Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016 |
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. |