The Green Papers: Montana 2023 General Election
 
This page is for offices up for election in 2023. Find 2024 elections here.

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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 2)
Governor:1 
2020 Census:1,085,407 (0.35% of 309,785,186)
2024, 2028 Electoral Votes:4(0.00% of 538)
2022-2030 Representatives:2(0.46% of 435)
Capital:Helena
 

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Montana State and Local Government

Montana Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats   Republicans


There is no party registration in Montana. Primary election voters secretly select 1 party's ballot. The Democratic, Libertarian, and Republican Parties are ballot qualified.

 
           

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 118th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1 Democratic Senator  R. Jon "Jon" Tester
First elected: 2006; re-elected: 2012, 2018.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (5)
  Candidate Democratic     Senator  R. Jon "Jon" Tester
FEC S6MT00162; 30 Sep 23; Tot $15,158,325; Dsb $5,039,363
  Candidate Republican     former Public Service Commissioner Brad Johnson
FEC S4MT00191
  Candidate Republican     Thomas John Madigan
FEC S4MT00167
  Candidate Republican     Tim Sheehy
FEC S4MT00183; 30 Sep 23; Tot $2,872,387; Dsb $1,748,408
  Candidate Libertarian     Kalispell City Council Member  Sid Daoud

Class 2 Republican Senator  Steven "Steve" Daines
First elected: 2014; re-elected: 2020.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026
 Candidate list (1)
  Candidate Republican     Senator  Steven "Steve" Daines
FEC S2MT00096

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in any 4-term period, All Governors

  Republican Governor  Greg Gianforte
First elected: 2020
Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.
Open Chair
 Candidate list (2)
  Candidate Democratic     Ryan Busse
  Candidate Republican     state Representative  Tanner J. Smith

Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024. Elected on a ticket with the Governor.

  Republican Lieutenant Governor Kristen Juras
First elected: 2020.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024

118th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2024, 2026. No Term Limit. 118th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
2 Republican (2 Undetermined)

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 1 Republican Member of Congress  Ryan K. Zinke
First elected: 2014; resigned 1 March 2017 to become Secretary of the Interior in the Cabinet of President Donald J. Trump; re-elected: 2022.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (3) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Monica Tranel
FEC H4MT01066; 30 Sep 23; Tot $739,394; Dsb $131,646
  Candidate Republican     Cory Moran
FEC H4MT01074
  Candidate Republican     Member of Congress  Ryan K. Zinke
FEC H4MT01041; 30 Sep 23; Tot $2,489,656; Dsb $953,658

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 2 Republican Member of Congress  Matt Rosendale
First elected: 2020
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (9) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Ming A. Cabrera
FEC H4MT02056; 30 Sep 23; Tot $7,900; Dsb $507
  Candidate Democratic     Kevin Hamm
FEC H4MT02031; 30 Sep 23; Tot $19,252; Dsb $17,677
  Candidate Republican     Public Instruction Superintendent  Elsie Arntzen
15 August 2023: Candidate for U.S. House CD 2.

FEC H4MT02049; 30 Sep 23; Tot $253,025; Dsb $43,140
  Candidate Republican     Auditor  Troy Downing
FEC H4MT02098
  Candidate Republican     former state Senator Archie Roderic "Ric" Holden
FEC H4MT02072
  Candidate Republican     former state Representative Joel Krautter
FEC H4MT02064; 30 Sep 23; Tot $11,887; Dsb $2,601
  Candidate Republican     Member of Congress  Matt Rosendale
FEC H4MT00050; 30 Sep 23; Tot $904,468; Dsb $382,336
  Candidate Republican     former state Senator Edward Alan "Ed" "Eddie" Walker
FEC H4MT02080
  Candidate Republican     Stacy Zinn
FEC H4MT02106

Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024

  Republican Secretary of State  Christi Jacobsen
First elected: 2020
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (2)
  Candidate Democratic     Jesse James Mullen
  Candidate Republican     Secretary of State  Christi Jacobsen

Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024

  Republican Attorney General  Austin Knudsen
First elected: 2020
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (2)
  Candidate Democratic     Ben Alke
  Candidate Republican     Attorney General  Austin Knudsen

Auditor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024

  Republican Auditor Troy Downing
First elected: 2020
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
Open Seat - Running for Congress in CD 2.

Superintendent of Public Instruction  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024

  Republican Public Instruction Superintendent  Elsie Arntzen
First elected: 2016; re-elected: 2020.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
Open Seat - At term limit.
15 August 2023: Candidate for U.S. House CD 2.
 Candidate list (3)
  Candidate Democratic     state Senator  Shannon O'Brien
  Candidate Republican     former Conrad School Superintendent Sharyl Allen
  Candidate Republican     Townsend School District Superintendent  Susie Hedalen
 

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   Those parties which received electoral votes through winning a plurality of a state's [or the District of Columbia's] popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
  Democratic (affiliates): 1 incumbent, 8 candidates
  Republican: 9 incumbents, 18 candidates
Major Third Parties   Any Party, other than a Major Party, receiving a minimum of 15/100ths of 1 percent of the nationwide popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political 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.

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
  Commissioner of Political Practices
  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
  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

 


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