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Elections in Montana |
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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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Austin Knudsen | 116,113 | 59.8% | |
Republican | Jon Bennion | 78,161 | 40.2% | |
Total votes | 194,274 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Raph Graybill | 79,772 | 57.1% | |
Democratic | Kimberly Dudik | 59,963 | 42.9% | |
Total votes | 139,735 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Green | Roy Davis | 748 | 100.0% | |
Total votes | 748 | 100.0% |
Source | Ranking | As of |
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The Cook Political Report [9] | Tossup | June 25, 2020 |
Campaign finance reports as of October 14, 2020 | |||
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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] |
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Austin Knudsen (R) | Raph Graybill (D) | Other |
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Raph Graybill [11] [A] | Released September 3, 2020 | – | – | 38% | 38% | 20% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Austin Knudsen | 348,322 | 58.51% | ![]() | |
Democratic | Raph Graybill | 247,025 | 41.49% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 595,347 | 100.00% | |||
Republican hold |
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