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Election 2020 Results

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2020 Montana governor election

Greg Gianforte (Republican) beat Mike Cooney (Democrat) in Montana in 2020, 54.4% to 41.6%, a margin of 12.9 points and 77,688 votes.

Montana changed party: in 2016 it went Democratic, for Steve Bullock.

Republicans led in 47 of the 56 counties and Democrats in 9. The largest, Yellowstone, cast 83,789 votes and went to the Republican by 20.8 points. The closest was Roosevelt, where 102 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Greg Gianforte won Republican 328,548 54.4%
Mike Cooney Democratic 250,860 41.6%
All other candidates 24,200 4.0%
Total603,608

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Yellowstone 31,152 37.2% 48,586 58.0% 4,051 83,789 R+20.8
Missoula 43,426 60.7% 25,448 35.6% 2,706 71,580 D+25.1
Gallatin 36,788 51.8% 31,368 44.2% 2,800 70,956 D+7.6
Flathead 20,387 34.1% 37,213 62.2% 2,225 59,825 R+28.1
Lewis and Clark 21,022 49.5% 19,969 47.1% 1,448 42,439 D+2.5
Cascade 15,922 40.0% 22,221 55.8% 1,689 39,832 R+15.8
Ravalli 8,883 31.2% 18,557 65.1% 1,063 28,503 R+33.9
Silver Bow 11,495 61.2% 6,490 34.6% 788 18,773 D+26.7
Lake 6,885 41.5% 8,913 53.7% 791 16,589 R+12.2
Lincoln 3,001 25.6% 8,279 70.7% 424 11,704 R+45.1
Park 5,364 46.3% 5,798 50.1% 418 11,580 R+3.7
Jefferson 2,791 34.2% 5,097 62.4% 281 8,169 R+28.2
Sanders 1,870 24.7% 5,346 70.5% 370 7,586 R+45.8
Hill 3,146 43.8% 3,642 50.7% 393 7,181 R+6.9
Carbon 2,498 35.3% 4,303 60.8% 275 7,076 R+25.5
Fergus 1,567 24.1% 4,737 72.9% 195 6,499 R+48.8
Madison 1,877 30.8% 3,992 65.6% 219 6,088 R+34.7
Custer 1,619 27.6% 3,971 67.7% 279 5,869 R+40.1
Richland 1,017 17.7% 4,506 78.3% 231 5,754 R+60.6
Stillwater 1,263 22.1% 4,292 75.0% 171 5,726 R+52.9
Glacier 3,730 65.6% 1,709 30.1% 245 5,684 D+35.6
Beaverhead 1,668 29.5% 3,779 66.8% 209 5,656 R+37.3
Deer Lodge 2,747 56.4% 1,881 38.6% 245 4,873 D+17.8
Dawson 1,124 23.3% 3,524 73.0% 178 4,826 R+49.7
Big Horn 2,513 52.4% 2,078 43.3% 203 4,794 D+9.1
Valley 1,182 27.8% 2,899 68.2% 167 4,248 R+40.4
Broadwater 928 22.6% 3,032 74.0% 139 4,099 R+51.3
Roosevelt 1,961 48.9% 1,859 46.4% 187 4,007 D+2.5
Rosebud 1,236 33.0% 2,363 63.1% 148 3,747 R+30.1
Teton 1,053 28.6% 2,497 67.8% 135 3,685 R+39.2
Powell 849 26.6% 2,212 69.4% 126 3,187 R+42.8
Blaine 1,619 51.9% 1,365 43.8% 133 3,117 D+8.1
Pondera 912 30.4% 1,981 66.1% 104 2,997 R+35.7
Chouteau 1,048 35.3% 1,816 61.1% 108 2,972 R+25.8
Musselshell 450 15.7% 2,318 80.8% 102 2,870 R+65.1
Mineral 706 27.7% 1,715 67.2% 131 2,552 R+39.5
Sweet Grass 553 22.6% 1,801 73.6% 94 2,448 R+51.0
Phillips 412 17.4% 1,908 80.4% 53 2,373 R+63.0
Toole 468 22.1% 1,546 73.1% 101 2,115 R+51.0
Granite 659 31.5% 1,348 64.4% 87 2,094 R+32.9
Sheridan 634 31.4% 1,300 64.5% 82 2,016 R+33.0
Fallon 218 14.0% 1,288 82.8% 49 1,555 R+68.8
Judith Basin 281 20.9% 1,017 75.6% 48 1,346 R+54.7
Powder River 162 14.3% 943 83.5% 24 1,129 R+69.2
McCone 165 14.8% 921 82.5% 31 1,117 R+67.7
Meagher 256 23.0% 823 74.0% 33 1,112 R+51.0
Liberty 268 24.7% 788 72.8% 27 1,083 R+48.0
Wheatland 251 23.7% 767 72.4% 42 1,060 R+48.7
Daniels 217 21.5% 768 76.1% 24 1,009 R+54.6
Carter 91 10.6% 748 87.3% 18 857 R+76.7
Garfield 48 5.9% 751 92.4% 14 813 R+86.5
Prairie 160 21.9% 544 74.5% 26 730 R+52.6
Wibaux 105 17.9% 465 79.5% 15 585 R+61.5
Golden Valley 80 15.9% 409 81.3% 14 503 R+65.4
Treasure 89 19.3% 358 77.8% 13 460 R+58.5
Petroleum 44 12.6% 299 85.4% 7 350 R+72.9

Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Montana governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Greg Gianforte (R) R+20.2
2020 Greg Gianforte (R) R+12.9
2016 Steve Bullock (D) D+3.9
2012 Steve Bullock (D) D+1.6
2008 Brian Schweitzer (D) D+33.0
2004 Brian Schweitzer (D) D+4.4
2000 Judy Martz (R) R+3.9
1996 Marc Racicot (R) R+58.3
1992 Marc Racicot (R) R+2.7
1988 Stan Stephens (R) R+5.8
1984 Ted Schwinden (D) D+43.9
1980 Ted Schwinden (D) D+10.7
1976 Thomas Lee Judge (D) D+25.1
1972 Thomas L. Judge (D) D+8.2
1968 Forrest H. Anderson (D) D+12.2
1964 Tim M. Babcock (R) R+2.6
1960 Donald G. Nutter (R) R+10.2
1956 John Hugo Aronson (R) R+2.7
1952 John Hugo Aronson (R) R+1.9
1948 John W. Bonner (D) D+11.9
1944 Samuel C. Ford (R) R+13.2
1940 Samuel C. Ford (R) R+2.0
1936 Roy E. Ayers (D) D+2.9
1932 John E. Erickson (D) D+1.8
1928 John E. Erickson (D) D+17.7
1924 John E. Erickson (D) D+8.4
1920 Joseph M. Dixon (R) R+19.5
1916 Sam V. Stewart (D) D+5.3
1912 Sam V. Stewart (D) D+3.0
1908 Edwin L. Norris (D) D+2.2
1904 Joseph Toole (D) D+12.8
1900 Joseph Toole (D) D+13.7
1896 Robert Burns Smith (D) D+42.0
1892 John E. Rickards (R) R+1.2
1889 Joseph K. Toole (D) D+1.9