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The 2024 Montana gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 2024, to elect the governor of the U.S. state of Montana, concurrently with the 2024 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to the United States Senate, elections to the United States House of Representatives, and various state and local elections. Primary elections took place on June 4, 2024.[1] Incumbent Republican governor Greg Gianforte won re-election to a second term, defeating Democratic nominee Ryan Busse.[2]
Though Montana has backed Republicans in every presidential election since 1996, the sparsely-populated Mountain state maintained a Democratic tendency at the state and U.S. Senate levels well through the 2010s. In the 2020 gubernatorial election, Gianforte defeated Democratic nominee Mike Cooney by 12.8%, becoming the first Republican to be elected governor of Montana since Judy Martz in 2000. Gianforte's election flipped two of Montana's last three Democrat-held statewide offices (governor and lieutenant governor) into the GOP camp. Leading up to the election, the only statewide office occupied by a Democrat was Jon Tester's U.S. Senate seat, which flipped Republican in a concurrent race.[3] Gianforte was widely expected to comfortably win re-election in 2024.[4][5]
- ^ "2024 State Primary Election Dates". National Conference of State Legislatures. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
- ^ "Busse and Gianforte win their respective primary races". KRTV NEWS Great Falls. June 5, 2024. Retrieved October 27, 2024.
- ^ Kondik, Kyle (September 6, 2024). "Montana Senate Race Moves from Toss-up to Leans Republican". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved October 27, 2024.
- ^ "Cook Political Report 2024 Governor Race Ratings - 270toWin". 270toWin.com. Retrieved October 27, 2024.
- ^ "2024 Governor". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved October 27, 2024.