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2020 Montana Attorney General election
	Knudsen: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%; Graybill: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%; No data
Attorney General before election; Tim Fox; Republican	Elected Attorney General ; Austin Knudsen; Republican

The 2020 Montana Attorney General election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the Attorney General of the U.S. state of Montana. Incumbent Republican Montana Attorney General Tim Fox was re-elected in 2016 with 67.7% of the vote. Fox was term-limited and was ineligible to run for re-election. Fox decided to run for the Governor of Montana election, losing the nomination to Greg Gianforte.^[1] Austin Knudsen defeated Jon Bennion in the Republican primary and defeated Democrat Raph Graybill in the general election by over 14 points.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Austin Knudsen, Roosevelt County Attorney, and former speaker of the Montana House of Representatives^[2]

Eliminated in primary

Jon Bennion, chief deputy Attorney General^[3]

Results

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Austin Knudsen	116,113	59.8%
	Republican	Jon Bennion	78,161	40.2%
Total votes			194,274	100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Raph Graybill, chief legal counsel to Governor Steve Bullock^[3]

Eliminated in primary

Kimberly Dudik, state representative^[4]

Withdrawn

Jim Cossitt, bankruptcy attorney^[5]^[6]

Declined

John Morrison, former Montana State Auditor^[7]

Results

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Raph Graybill	79,772	57.1%
	Democratic	Kimberly Dudik	59,963	42.9%
Total votes			139,735	100.0%

Green primary

Candidates

Disqualified

Roy Davis^[8]

Results

Green primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Roy Davis	748	100.0%
Total votes			748	100.0%

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report^[9]	Tossup	June 25, 2020

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of October 14, 2020
Candidate (party)	Total receipts	Total disbursements	Cash on hand
Raph Graybill (D)	$725,288	$650,110	$75,178
Austin Knudsen (R)	$400,167	$359,831	$40,336
Source:^[10]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Austin Knudsen (R)	Raph Graybill (D)	Other
Raph Graybill^[11][1]^[A]	Released September 3, 2020	–	–	38%	38%	20%

Results

Montana Attorney General election, 2020^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Austin Knudsen	348,322	58.51%	9.16
	Democratic	Raph Graybill	247,025	41.49%	9.16
Total votes			595,347	100.00%
	Republican hold

References

^ Dennison, Mike (January 24, 2019). "Attorney General Fox launches gubernatorial bid". KRTV. Archived from the original on January 25, 2019. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
^ Drake, Phil (May 20, 2019). "Austin Knudsen enters race for attorney general". Great Falls Tribune. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
^ ^a ^b DeMarco, Margaret (May 8, 2019). "Great Falls native kicks off campaign for Montana Attorney General". KRTV Great Falls. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
^ Cates-Carney, Corin (December 17, 2018). "Rep Kimberly Dudik Announces Bid For Attorney General's Office". Montana Public Radio. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
^ "KALISPELL ATTORNEY JOINS ATTORNEY GENERAL RACE". Daily Inter Lake. September 14, 2019. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
^ Drake, Phil (October 8, 2019). "Cossitt drops from 2020 attorney general race". Great Falls Tribune. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
^ Dennison, Mike (October 23, 2019). "Montana 2020: Former state auditor considers bid for AG or Supreme Court". Missoula News Journal. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
^ Dennison, Mike (August 19, 2020). "Green Party candidates to remain off Montana ballot this November". Missoula Current. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
^ "An Updated Look at Handicapping the 2020 Attorney General Elections". The Cook Political Report. Archived from the original on June 26, 2020. Retrieved September 13, 2019.
^ "Attorney General". The Montana Free Press guide. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
^ Raph Graybill
^ "Montana Statewide Election Results". Montana Secretary of State. November 3, 2020. Retrieved November 18, 2020.