Incumbent Democrat Jon Tester ran for re-election. He was defeated by businessman Tim Sheehy. Libertarian Sid Daoud and Robert Barb of the Green Party each received 1% of the vote.[2]
Incumbent Republican Greg Gianforte defeated Democrat Ryan Busse with 58% of the vote.[3] The Libertarian candidate Kaiser Leib received 3% of the vote.[3]
Incumbent Republican Austin Knudsen defeated Democrat Ben Alke with 60% of the vote.[3]
Public Service Commission
Three of five seats on the Montana Public Service Commission - Districts 2, 3 and 4 - were up for election on November 5, 2024. The party primaries were on June 4.[4]
For District 2, Republican candidate Brad Molnar won against Democrat Susan Bilo.[3] For District 3, Republican Jeff Welborn defeated Democrat Lenny Williams.[3] For District 4, Republican Jennifer Fielder defeated Independent Elena Evans.[3]
Republican candidate James Brown defeated Democrat John Repke.[3]
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Incumbent Republican Montana Superintendent of Public Instruction Elsie Arntzen was re-elected in 2020 with 52.2% of the vote. She was term-limited and could not run for re-election.[5]
The Republican candidate Susie Hedalen defeated Democratic candidate Shannon O'Brien.[3]
Broadwater County Attorney Cory Swanson received 54% of the vote against former federal magistrate judge Jeremiah Lynch for Chief Justice of the Montana Supreme Court.[6]
Supreme Court Justice
The election for Supreme Court Justice #3 was between Katherine M. Bidegaray, a judge for Montana's 7th Judicial District, and Dan Wilson, a district court judge in Kalispell.[6] Bidegaray defeated Wilson with 54% of the vote.
Incumbent Republican Bowen Greenwood ran for re-election as the Clerk of the Montana Supreme Court. He won 57% of the vote against Democrat Erin Farris-Olsen and Libertarian Roger Roots.[3]
District Court Judges
The majority of Montana District Courts elections were for retention of current judges. For District 2, Department 1, Frank Joseph narrowly defeated Ann Shea with 51% of the vote.[7] For District 11, Department 2, Paul Sullivan defeated Eric S. Hummel.[7] For District 15, Department 1, Benjamin J. Fosland defeated Janet Christoffersen.
Unopposed:
District 3, Department 1 - Jeffrey W. Dahood
District 4, Department 2 - Tara Elliott
District 14, Department 1 - Adam Larsen
District 16, Department 2 - Rennie Wittman
District 20, Department 2 - Britt Cotter
Ballot measures
CI-126 was not approved. It received a 51% no vote.[8] The initiative would have created a top-four primary system for state elections.[9] The top-four vote getters would advance to the general election regardless of party.[10]
CI-127 was defeated with a 60% no vote.[8] The initiative was to provide that certain elections would be decided by the majority vote instead of plurality[9] A majority vote would mean the candidate must receive more than half of the votes cast.
CI-128 was to establish a constitutional right to abortion before fetal viability[9] The initiative was approved with a 58% yes vote.[8]
