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Turnout | 78.90%3.90 [1] | |||||||||||||||||||
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County results Racicot: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Bradley: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections in Montana |
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The 1992 Montana gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1992. Incumbent Governor of Montana Stan Stephens, who was first elected in 1988, declined to seek re-election. Marc Racicot, the Attorney General of Montana, won the Republican primary and advanced to the general election, where he faced State Representative Dorothy Bradley, who had emerged from a crowded Democratic primary as the nominee of her party. A close election ensued, but in the end, Racicot ended up defeating Bradley to win his first of two terms as governor. While on the same ballot, Democrat presidential candidate Bill Clinton won the state of Montana, and eventually won the 1992 United States presidential election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Dorothy Bradley | 54,453 | 41.17 | |
Democratic | Mike McGrath | 44,323 | 33.51 | |
Democratic | Frank B. Morrison, Jr. | 23,883 | 18.06 | |
Democratic | Bob Kelleher | 4,216 | 3.19 | |
Democratic | Martin J. "Red" Beckman | 2,773 | 2.10 | |
Democratic | Curly Thornton | 2,628 | 1.99 | |
Total votes | 132,276 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Marc Racicot | 68,013 | 68.66 | |
Republican | Andrea Bennett | 31,038 | 31.34 | |
Total votes | 99,051 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Marc Racicot | 209,401 | 51.35% | -0.59% | |
Democratic | Dorothy Bradley | 198,421 | 48.65% | +2.52% | |
Majority | 10,980 | 2.69% | -3.11% | ||
Turnout | 407,822 | ||||
Republican hold | Swing | ||||
Source [3]
Marc Racicot Republican | Dorothy Bradley Democratic | Margin | Total | ||||
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County | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes |
Beaverhead | 2,553 | 61.94% | 1,569 | 38.06% | 984 | 23.87% | 4,122 |
Big Horn | 1,827 | 41.92% | 2,531 | 58.08% | 704 | 16.15% | 4,358 |
Blaine | 1,319 | 43.95% | 1,682 | 56.05% | 363 | 8.33% | 3,001 |
Broadwater | 1,155 | 63.74% | 657 | 36.26% | 498 | 27.48% | 1,812 |
Carbon | 2,566 | 54.82% | 2,115 | 45.18% | 283 | 9.63% | 4,681 |
Carter | 637 | 74.77% | 215 | 25.23% | 422 | 49.53% | 852 |
Cascade | 16,819 | 46.43% | 19,405 | 53.57% | 2,586 | 7.14% | 36,224 |
Chouteau | 1,818 | 56.92% | 1,376 | 43.08% | 442 | 13.84% | 3,194 |
Custer | 2,936 | 52.48% | 2,658 | 47.52% | 278 | 4.97% | 5,594 |
Daniels | 820 | 60.70% | 531 | 39.30% | 289 | 21.39% | 1,351 |
Dawson | 2,607 | 53.81%' | 2,238 | 46.19% | 369 | 7.61% | 4,845 |
Deer Lodge | 1,510 | 29.17% | 3,667 | 70.83% | 2,157 | 41.67% | 5,177 |
Fallon | 980 | 62.34% | 592 | 37.66% | 288 | 18.32% | 1,572 |
Fergus | 3,973 | 61.26% | 2,512 | 38.74% | 1,461 | 22.53% | 6,485 |
Flathead | 17,538 | 56.23% | 13,652 | 43.77% | 3,886 | 12.46% | 31,190 |
Gallatin | 15,654 | 54.69% | 12,969 | 45.31% | 2,685 | 9.38% | 28,623 |
Garfield | 607 | 75.31% | 199 | 24.69% | 408 | 50.62% | 806 |
Glacier | 1,701 | 39.17% | 2,642 | 60.83% | 941 | 21.67% | 4,343 |
Golden Valley | 308 | 62.86% | 182 | 37.14% | 126 | 25.71% | 490 |
Granite | 821 | 62.72% | 488 | 37.28% | 333 | 25.44% | 1,309 |
Hill | 3,447 | 42.93% | 4,582 | 57.07% | 1,135 | 14.14% | 8,029 |
Jefferson | 2,231 | 52.85% | 1,990 | 47.15% | 241 | 5.71% | 4,221 |
Judith Basin | 896 | 62.57% | 536 | 37.43% | 360 | 25.14% | 1,432 |
Lake | 5,475 | 52.28% | 4,998 | 47.72% | 477 | 4.55% | 10,473 |
Lewis and Clark | 13,115 | 50.24% | 12,988 | 49.76% | 127 | 0.49% | 26,103 |
Liberty | 755 | 62.29% | 457 | 37.71% | 298 | 24.59% | 1,212 |
Lincoln | 4,588 | 55.71% | 3,648 | 44.29% | 940 | 11.41% | 8,236 |
Madison | 2,148 | 65.91% | 1,111 | 34.09% | 1,037 | 31.82% | 3,259 |
McCone | 808 | 59.99% | 539 | 40.01% | 269 | 19.97% | 1,347 |
Meagher | 579 | 58.78% | 406 | 41.22% | 171 | 17.36% | 985 |
Mineral | 682 | 42.23% | 933 | 57.77% | 251 | 15.54% | 1,615 |
Missoula | 18,531 | 43.11% | 24,453 | 56.89% | 5,922 | 13.78% | 42,984 |
Musselshell | 1,483 | 67.29% | 721 | 32.71% | 762 | 34.57% | 2,204 |
Park | 4,288 | 57.60% | 3,156 | 42.40% | 1,132 | 15.21% | 7,444 |
Petroleum | 204 | 68.92% | 92 | 31.08% | 112 | 37.84% | 296 |
Phillips | 1,720 | 66.05% | 884 | 33.95% | 836 | 32.10% | 2,604 |
Pondera | 1,892 | 59.59% | 1,283 | 40.41% | 609 | 19.18% | 3,175 |
Powder River | 646 | 62.84% | 382 | 37.16% | 264 | 25.68% | 1,028 |
Powell | 1,562 | 52.99% | 1,386 | 47.01% | 176 | 5.97% | 2,948 |
Prairie | 539 | 63.86% | 305 | 36.14% | 234 | 27.73% | 844 |
Ravalli | 8,814 | 59.34% | 6,040 | 40.66% | 2,774 | 18.68% | 14,854 |
Richland | 2,722 | 57.55% | 2,008 | 42.45% | 714 | 15.10% | 4,730 |
Roosevelt | 1,765 | 42.47% | 2,391 | 57.53% | 626 | 15.06% | 4,156 |
Rosebud | 1,716 | 43.55% | 2,224 | 56.45% | 508 | 12.89% | 3,940 |
Sanders | 2,352 | 53.07% | 2,080 | 46.93% | 272 | 6.14% | 4,432 |
Sheridan | 1,161 | 44.26% | 1,462 | 55.74% | 301 | 11.48% | 2,623 |
Silver Bow | 6,528 | 36.27% | 11,470 | 63.73% | 4,958 | 27.55% | 17,998 |
Stillwater | 2,113 | 58.27% | 1,513 | 41.73% | 600 | 16.55% | 3,626 |
Sweet Grass | 1,233 | 69.50% | 541 | 30.50% | 692 | 39.01% | 1,774 |
Teton | 2,018 | 60.08% | 1,341 | 39.92% | 677 | 20.15% | 3,359 |
Toole | 1,539 | 57.02% | 1,160 | 42.98% | 379 | 10.34% | 2,699 |
Treasure | 344 | 63.24% | 200 | 36.76% | 144 | 26.44% | 544 |
Valley | 2,278 | 52.55% | 2,057 | 47.45% | 221 | 5.10% | 4,335 |
Wheatland | 672 | 59.05% | 466 | 40.95% | 206 | 18.10% | 1,138 |
Wibaux | 383 | 64.05% | 215 | 35.95% | 168 | 28.09% | 598 |
Yellowstone | 30,025 | 53.11% | 26,513 | 46.89% | 3,512 | 6.21% | 56,538 |
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