Montana 2015 General Election

The Green Papers: Montana 2015 General Election

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Montana
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress

Senators:	2	(Electoral Classes 1 and 2)
Governor:	1
2010 Census:	994,416	(0.32% of 309,785,186)
2012, 2016, 2020 Electoral Votes:	3	(0.56% of 538)
2012-2020 Representatives:	1	(0.23% of 435)
Capital:	Helena

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Montana State and Local Government

Montana 2016 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats Republicans



U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 114^th 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
	Candidate list

		*Democratic*		*Senator R. Jon "Jon" Tester* • FEC S6MT00162

Class 2		Republican	Senator Steven "Steve" Daines • First elected: 2014 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
	Candidate list

		*Republican*		*Senator Steven "Steve" Daines* • FEC S2MT00096; 30 Sep 15; Tot $201,826; Dsb $223,315

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.
	Candidate list

		Democratic		Greg Gianforte

		Republican		Public Service Commissioner Brad Johnson • Montana Secretary of State 2005-2009
		Republican		Mark Perea

		Libertarian		Ron Vandevender

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 Lieutenant Governor John Walsh (Democratic) to the U.S. Senate Class 2 seat] • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
	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.

114^th U.S. House of Representatives 2-year term. Election Cycle 2016, 2018. No Term Limit. 114^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 1 Republican (1 Undetermined)

Incumbent - 114th Congress
At-Large		Republican	Congressman Ryan K. Zinke • First elected: 2014 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
	Candidate list - 115th Congress

		Democratic		Public Instruction Superintendent Denise Juneau • FEC H6MT01095
		Democratic		James St. Goddard

		*Republican*		*Congressman Ryan K. Zinke* • FEC H4MT01041; 30 Sep 15; Tot $2,122,891; Dsb $1,459,683

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 • Open Seat - At term limit
	Candidate list

		Democratic		Auditor Monica J. Lindeen

		Republican		former state Senator Corey Stapleton

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
	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 • Open Seat - At term limit. Running for Secretary of State in 2016.
	Candidate list

		Democratic		former state Senator Jesse Laslovich

		Republican		former state Representative Richard Champion "Champ" Edmunds, Jr.

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 • Open Seat - At term limit. 4 November 2016: Running for Congress in 2016.
	Candidate list

		Democratic		Melissa Romano

		Republican		for state Senator Elsie Arntzen

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): 6 incumbents, 7 candidates
	• Republican: 3 incumbents, 8 candidates
Major Third Parties
	• Green (affiliates)
	• Libertarian: 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 a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.

"Apparently not a candidate" indicates that someone we once listed as a candidate for an elective office will not, in fact, be running for that office (primarily because said candidate is not listed on an official ballot provided by a jurisdiction's election authorities, where that candidate has not previously withdrawn his/her candidacy or otherwise indicated no longer [or even ever] being a candidate for that office).

Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change.

"FEC" indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary.

When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details.

If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements.

Links Links to other web sites

Constitution Links to State Constitutions
	• The CONSTITUTION of the STATE OF MONTANA
Election Authority
	• Montana Secretary of State
	• Montana Secretary of State Elections
Democratic
	• Montana Democratic Party
Republican
	• Montana Republican Party
Third Party
	• Montana Green Party
	• Montana Libertarian Party
	• Montana Libertarian Party - Facebook
Media & others
	• Bigfork Eagle
	• Billings Gazette
	• Great Falls Tribune
	• Havre Daily News
	• KECI TV Missoula; KTVM TV Bozeman, Butte; KCFW TV Kalispell - NBC
	• KPAX TV - CBS - Missoula
	• KRTV TV - CBS - Great Falls
	• KURL TV - NBC - Billings
	• KXLF TV - CBS - Butte
	• Laurel Outlook (Weekly)
	• Lewistown News-Argus
	• Make it Missoula
	• Missoulian News Online - Western Montana
	• Northern Broadcasting System
	• Politics1.com - Montana
	• Ravalli Republic - Hamilton
	• 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