Montana 2016 General Election

The Green Papers: Montana 2016 General Election

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Montana
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
✓ Primary: Tuesday 7 June 2016
✓ General Election: Tuesday 8 November 2016

✓ Tuesday 7 June 2016 - Primary . Polling hours 7:00a-8:00p MDT (1300-0200 UTC). A polling place with less than 400 registered voters must be open at least from noon to 8 p.m. or until all registered electors have voted.
✓ Tuesday 8 November 2016 - General Election . Polling hours 7:00a-8:00p MST (1400-0300 UTC). A polling place with less than 400 registered voters must be open at least from noon to 8 p.m. or until all registered electors have voted.

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

Source: Primary Candidate Filing, General Election Candidate Filing, and 2016 Candidate Information, from the Montana Secretary of State.

7 June primary results from
Returns from the Montana Secretary of State.
AP Statewide
Politico.

8 November 2016 returns from the Montana Secretary of State.



President 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 3 (Winner-take-all), How Appointed, Meeting Place, Duly Appointed Presidential Electors, List of Presidential Candidates by State, List of Presidential Candidates.

	Candidate list (5, 41 write-ins)

		Republican	279,240	56.17%	Donald John Trump, Sr. • for Vice President: Indiana Governor Michael R. "Mike" Pence (3 Electoral Votes) • FEC P80001571; 28 Nov 16; Tot $341,062,859; Dsb $333,457,857

		Democratic	177,709	35.75%	former Secretary of State Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton • for Vice President: Virginia Senator Timothy Michael "Tim" Kaine • FEC P00003392; 28 Nov 16; Tot $583,217,328; Dsb $582,378,679

		Libertarian	28,037	5.64%	former Governor New Mexico Gary Earl Johnson • for Vice President: former Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts William F. "Bill" Weld • FEC P20002671; 28 Nov 16; Tot $11,670,597; Dsb $11,505,633

		Green	7,970	1.60%	Jill E. Stein • for Vice President: Ajamu Baraka • FEC P20003984; 28 Nov 16; Tot $9,485,845; Dsb $5,315,546

		Write-in; (Independent)	2,297	0.46%	David Evan "Evan" McMullin • for Vice President: Nathan Daniel Johnson • FEC P60022654; 28 Nov 16; Tot $1,634,839; Dsb $1,618,074

		American Delta	1,570	0.32%	Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente Guerra • for Vice President: Michael Alan Steinberg • FEC P60016342; 31 Dec 16; Tot $8,075,960; Dsb $8,074,914

		Write-in; (Constitution)	296	0.06%	Darrell Lane Castle • for Vice President: Scott N. Bradley • FEC P60021102; 28 Nov 16; Tot $71,876; Dsb $67,084
		Write-in; (America's Party)	10	0.00%	Thomas Conrad "Tom" Hoefling • for Vice President: Steven Bernard "Steve" Schulin • FEC P20005260
		Write-in; (Kotlikoff for President)	7	0.00%	Laurence J. "Larry" Kotlikoff • for Vice President: Edward Emery "Ed" Leamer • FEC P20004511
		Write-in; (Independent)	3	0.00%	Andrew Daniel "Andy" Basiago • for Vice President: Karen Dell Kinnison • FEC P60015351; 28 Nov 16; Tot $17,034; Dsb $20,396
		Write-in; (Independent)	2	0.00%	Robert Lewis "Bob" Buchanan • for Vice President: Jason Alexander Washington • FEC P60020757
		Write-in; (Independent)	1	0.00%	Joseph Allen "Joe Exotic" Maldonado • for Vice President: Douglas K. Terranova • FEC P60018249; 30 Sep 16; Tot $12,032; Dsb $4,926
		Write-in; (No Party Affiliation)	1	0.00%	Laio Chantelle Morris • for Vice President: Keisha L. Merchant • FEC P60019114
		Write-in; (Libertarian)	1	0.00%	Darryl W. Perry • for Vice President: Conan Salada • FEC P60004868
		Write-in; (Unaffiliated)	1	0.00%	Joseph Charles "Joe" "Average Joe" "The Painter" Schriner • for Vice President: Joe Moreaux • FEC P00003962; 30 Sep 16; Tot $8,095; Dsb $8,085
		Write-in; (Independent)	1	0.00%	Michael Lynn "Mike" Smith • for Vice President: Daniel Lee White • FEC P60020781
		Write-in; (Socialist Party USA)	1	0.00%	Emidio "Mimi" Soltysik • for Vice President: Angela Nicole Walker • FEC P60018017
		Write-in	0	0.00%	Dennis Andrew Ball • for Vice President: Richard A. Sanders
		Write-in	0	0.00%	Henry Lovell Bartlett
		Write-in; (Republican)	0	0.00%	Paij Jean "Page" Boring • FEC P60016888
		Write-in	0	0.00%	Juan B. Botero
		Write-in; (Democratic)	0	0.00%	Kennedy King Brown • FEC P60015336
		Write-in; (Independent)	0	0.00%	Richard A. Duncan • for Vice President: Ricky Johnson
		Write-in; (Unaffiliated)	0	0.00%	Ameer Xenos Flippin • FEC P60021243; 31 Oct 16; Tot $84; Dsb $86
		Write-in; (Independent)	0	0.00%	Cherunda Lynn Fox • for Vice President: Roger Matthew Kushner • FEC P60005303; 28 Oct 16; Tot $36,288; Dsb $36,288
		Write-in; (Unaffiliated)	0	0.00%	Benjamin "Ben" Hartnell • for Vice President: Dave Marshall
		Write-in; (Prohibition Party)	0	0.00%	former Fulton County Pennsylvania Tax Assessor James Arthur "Jim" Hedges • for Vice President: Bill V. Bayes • FEC P60017340
		Write-in; (Independent)	0	0.00%	RaeDeen Rose Heupel • FEC P20002085
		Write-in	0	0.00%	Alan "Al-J" Jacquemotte • for Vice President: Ronalee Evelyn "Ronnie" Mueller
		Write-in	0	0.00%	Gerald John "Jerry" Jennings, II • FEC P60008299
		Write-in; (Independent)	0	0.00%	Lynn Sandra Kahn • for Vice President: Kathy Monahan • FEC P60005808
		Write-in; (Independent)	0	0.00%	David Librace • for Vice President: David L. Friedeberg • FEC P60008638; 08 Dec 16; Tot $0; Dsb $0
		Write-in; (Unaffiliated)	0	0.00%	David Limbaugh • for Vice President: David Looper
		Write-in; (Workers World)	0	0.00%	Monica Gail Moorehead • for Vice President: Lamont G. Lilly • FEC P60004405; 28 Nov 16; Tot $13,278; Dsb $12,839
		Write-in; (Independent)	0	0.00%	Kevin Michael Moreau • FEC P60021185
		Write-in	0	0.00%	Michael S. Olkowski • for Vice President: Daniel E. Olkowski
		Write-in; (Republican)	0	0.00%	Janet L. Reid • for Vice President: John E. Reid
		Write-in	0	0.00%	Paul Schafer
		Write-in; (Unaffiliated)	0	0.00%	Marshall Roy Schoenke • for Vice President: James Creighton Mitchell, Jr
		Write-in; (Independent)	0	0.00%	Delano Aimes Steinacker, II • for Vice President: Ronald K. Crider • FEC P60021631
		Write-in; (Libertarian)	0	0.00%	Shawna Joy Sterling • for Vice President: Jack Robinson, Jr. • FEC P60007929
		Write-in; (Independent)	0	0.00%	Anthony "Tony" Joseph Valdivia • for Vice President: Aaron Roy Barriere
		Write-in	0	0.00%	Jennifer J. "JJ" Vogel-Walcutt • for Vice President: Christopher "Chris" Walcutt
		Write-in; (Independent)	0	0.00%	William Leonard Wallace • FEC P00003897
		Write-in	0	0.00%	Charles Mitchell "Mitchell" Williams • FEC P60009925
		Write-in	0	0.00%	Demetra Jefferson Wysinger • for Vice President: Cedric D'Wayne Jefferson • FEC P60020484
Total			497,147	100.00%

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 (1)

		*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 (1)

		*Republican*			*Senator Steven "Steve" Daines* • FEC S2MT00096

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 • Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2016 • First elected: 2012 • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016 • The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. • Renominated - 7 June 2016 Primary
	Candidate list (3)

		Democratic	255,933	50.25%	Governor Steve Bullock • for Lieutenant Governor: Lieutenant Governor Mike Cooney

		Republican	236,115	46.36%	Greg Gianforte • for Lieutenant Governor: Lesley Robinson

		Libertarian	17,312	3.40%	Ted Dunlap • for Lieutenant Governor: Ron VanDevender
Total			509,360	100.00%

Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2012, 2016. Elected on a ticket with the Governor.

		Democratic	Lieutenant Governor Mike Cooney • Appointed: January 2016 [re: resignation of Lieutenant Governor Angela McLean (Democratic)]. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
	30 November 2015: Lieutenant Governor Angela McLean (Democratic) will become the director of American Indian and minority achievement and K-12 partnerships in the Office of the Commissioner of Higher Education on 4 January 2016. She was appointed on 10 February 2014 [re: appointment of Lieutenant Governor John Walsh (Democratic) to the U.S. Senate Class 2 seat]. Governor Steve Bullock (Democratic) will appoint a new Lieutenant Governor. January 2016: Governor Steve Bullock (Democratic) appoints Mike Cooney 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 Renominated)

Incumbent - 114th Congress
At-Large		Republican	Congressman Ryan K. Zinke • Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2016 • First elected: 2014 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016 • Renominated - 7 June 2016 Primary
	Candidate list (3) - 115th Congress

		Republican	285,358	56.19%	Congressman Ryan K. Zinke • FEC H4MT01041; 28 Nov 16; Tot $5,589,359; Dsb $5,933,354

		Democratic	205,919	40.55%	Public Instruction Superintendent Denise Juneau • FEC H6MT01095; 28 Nov 16; Tot $2,760,223; Dsb $2,656,330

		Libertarian	16,554	3.26%	Darren "Rick" Breckenridge • 21 September 2016: Replacement candidate. • FEC H6MT00097
Total			507,831	100.00%

Secretary of State 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2012, 2016

Open		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
			Open Office (no incumbent)
	Candidate list (3)

		Republican	277,473	55.49%	former state Senator Corey Stapleton

		Democratic	204,861	40.97%	Auditor Monica J. Lindeen

		Libertarian	17,687	3.54%	Roger I. Roots
Total			500,021	100.00%

Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2012, 2016

		Republican	Attorney General Tim Fox • Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2016 • First elected: 2012 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016 • Renominated - 7 June 2016 Primary
	Candidate list (2)

		Republican	332,766	67.67%	Attorney General Tim Fox

		Democratic	158,970	32.33%	Larry Jent
Total			491,736	100.00%

Auditor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2012, 2016

Open		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.
			Open Office (no incumbent)
	Candidate list (2)

		Republican	262,045	53.81%	Matt Rosendale

		Democratic	224,925	46.19%	former state Senator Jesse Laslovich
Total			486,970	100.00%

Superintendent of Public Instruction 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2012, 2016

Open		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 2015: Running for Congress in 2016.
			Open Office (no incumbent)
	Candidate list (2)

		Republican	253,790	51.65%	for state Senator Elsie Arntzen

		Democratic	237,590	48.35%	Melissa Romano
Total			491,380	100.00%

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, 9 candidates
	• Republican: 3 incumbents, 10 candidates
Major Third Parties
	• Constitution (affiliates): 1 candidate
	• Green (affiliates): 1 candidate
	• Libertarian: 6 candidates
Other Third Parties
	• America's Party: 1 candidate
	• American Delta: 1 candidate
	• Kotlikoff for President: 1 candidate
	• Prohibition Party (affiliates): 1 candidate
	• Socialist Party USA: 1 candidate
	• Workers World: 1 candidate
Independents
	• (blank): 1 candidate
	• Independent: 14 candidates
	• No Party Affiliation: 1 candidate
	• Unaffiliated: 5 candidates
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
	• Write-in: 41 candidates
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.