2024 Montana Attorney General election

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2024 Montana Attorney General election
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Nominee Austin Knudsen Ben Alke
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote352,682237,928
Percentage59.71%40.29%
2024 Montana attorney general election results map by county.svg
2024 Montana gubernatorial election results map by congressional district.svg
Knudsen:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Alke:     50–60%     60–70%
Attorney General before election

Austin Knudsen
Republican

Elected Attorney General

Austin Knudsen
Republican

The 2024 Montana Attorney General election was held on November 5, 2024, to elect the attorney general of the state of Montana. It coincided with the concurrent presidential election, as well as various state and local elections, including for U.S. Senate, U.S. House, and governor of Montana. Incumbent attorney general Austin Knudsen was re-elected to a second term, defeating Democratic challenger Ben Alke. [1] Primary elections took place on June 4, 2024. [2]

Contents

Republican primary

During a fundraiser on May 11, 2024, Knudsen said that he asked Logan Olson to contest the primary as a dummy candidate, for the purpose of allowing Knudsen's campaign to raise more money in accordance with state campaign finance laws. Olson denied these claims. The director of the Montana Democratic Party lodged an ethics complaint following this disclosure. [3]

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Results

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Primary results by county:
  Knudsen
  •   50–60%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  •   >90%
Republican primary results [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Austin Knudsen (incumbent) 148,458 82.20%
Republican Logan Olson32,14117.80%
Total votes180,599 100.00%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

  • Ben Alke, attorney [7]

Results

Democratic primary results [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Ben Alke 93,295 100.00%
Total votes93,295 100.00%

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [8] Safe RJuly 25, 2024

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Austin
Knudsen (R)		Ben
Alke (D)		OtherUndecided
Public Opinion Strategies (R) [9] [A] September 29 - October 1, 2024500 (LV)± 4.34%53%35%2% [b] 11%
Public Opinion Strategies (R) [10] [A] June 11–13, 2024500 (LV)± 4.4%55%33%–12%

Results

2024 Montana Attorney General election [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Austin Knudsen (incumbent) 352,682 59.71% +1.20
Democratic Ben Alke237,92840.29%–1.20
Total votes590,610 100.00%
Republican hold

By county

County [11] Austin Knudsen
Republican		Ben Alke
Democratic		MarginTotal
Votes%Votes%Votes%
Beaverhead 4,17273.62%1,49526.38%2,67747.24%5,667
Big Horn 2,13648.42%2,27551.58%-139-3.15%4,411
Blaine 1,52350.68%1,48249.32%411.36%3,005
Broadwater 3,71678.68%1,00721.32%2,70957.36%4,723
Carbon 4,81766.40%2,43833.60%2,37932.79%7,255
Carter 76892.20%657.80%70384.39%833
Cascade 22,89662.11%13,96837.89%8,92824.22%36,864
Chouteau 1,93367.61%92632.39%1,00735.22%2,859
Custer 4,21974.19%1,46825.81%2,75148.37%5,687
Daniels 74480.09%18519.91%55960.17%929
Dawson 3,57378.53%97721.47%2,59657.05%4,550
Deer Lodge 2,29848.02%2,48851.98%-190-3.97%4,786
Fallon 1,28688.75%16311.25%1,12377.50%1,449
Fergus 5,00775.71%1,60624.29%3,40151.43%6,613
Flathead 41,34566.84%20,51633.16%20,82933.67%61,861
Gallatin 32,82048.42%34,96451.58%-2,144-3.16%67,784
Garfield 73794.73%415.27%69689.46%778
Glacier 1,87137.23%3,15462.77%-1,283-25.53%5,025
Golden Valley 44186.47%6913.53%37272.94%510
Granite 1,52571.60%60528.40%92043.19%2,130
Hill 3,92358.98%2,72841.02%1,19517.97%6,651
Jefferson 5,35565.40%2,83334.60%2,52230.80%8,188
Judith Basin 1,08881.19%25218.81%83662.39%1,340
Lake 10,02960.41%6,57239.59%3,45720.82%16,601
Lewis and Clark 20,56149.63%20,87150.37%-310-0.75%41,432
Liberty 76178.53%20821.47%55357.07%969
Lincoln 8,89377.04%2,65122.96%6,24254.07%11,544
Madison 4,62473.26%1,68826.74%2,93646.51%6,312
McCone 93087.57%13212.43%79875.14%1,062
Meagher 87676.31%27223.69%60452.61%1,148
Mineral 2,06574.95%69025.05%1,37549.91%2,755
Missoula 27,93939.25%43,25160.75%-15,312-21.51%71,190
Musselshell 2,58186.70%39613.30%2,18573.40%2,977
Park 6,14853.30%5,38646.70%7626.61%11,534
Petroleum 28287.04%4212.96%24074.07%324
Phillips 1,80683.26%36316.74%1,44366.53%2,169
Pondera 1,97371.05%80428.95%1,16942.10%2,777
Powder River 93886.45%14713.55%79172.90%1,085
Powell 2,46576.65%75123.35%1,71453.30%3,216
Prairie 55182.24%11917.76%43264.48%670
Ravalli 20,65770.82%8,51129.18%12,14641.64%29,168
Richland 4,31383.98%82316.02%3,49067.95%5,136
Roosevelt 1,93350.34%1,90749.66%260.68%3,840
Rosebud 2,44267.18%1,19332.82%1,24934.36%3,635
Sanders 6,18178.21%1,72221.79%4,45956.42%7,903
Sheridan 1,24567.85%59032.15%65535.69%1,835
Silver Bow 7,99245.18%9,69854.82%-1,706-9.64%17,690
Stillwater 4,70980.62%1,13219.38%3,57761.24%5,841
Sweet Grass 1,80977.01%54022.99%1,26954.02%2,349
Teton 2,56373.44%92726.56%1,63646.88%3,490
Toole 1,59279.36%41420.64%1,17858.72%2,006
Treasure 36582.77%7617.23%28965.53%441
Valley 2,95773.89%1,04526.11%1,91247.78%4,002
Wheatland 85480.26%21019.74%64460.53%1,064
Wibaux 45985.96%7514.04%38471.91%534
Yellowstone 50,99663.73%29,01736.27%21,97927.47%80,013
Totals352,68259.71%237,92840.29%114,75419.43%590,610

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

By congressional district

Knudsen won both congressional districts. [12]

DistrictKnudsenAlkeRepresentative
1st 56%44% Ryan Zinke
2nd 64%36% Matt Rosendale (118th Congress)
Troy Downing (119th Congress)

Notes

  1. ↑ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ↑ "Won't Vote" with 1%; "Refused" with 1%

Partisan clients

  1. 1 2 Poll sponsored by the Montana Republican Party

References

  1. ↑ "Montana Attorney General Election Results 2024". The New York Times. November 5, 2024. Retrieved November 7, 2024.
  2. ↑ "2024 State Primary Election Dates". www.ncsl.org. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  3. ↑ Hanson, Amy Beth (May 17, 2024). "Montana's attorney general said he recruited token primary opponent to increase campaign fundraising". Associated Press . Retrieved May 19, 2024.
  4. ↑ Kimbel-Sannit, Arren (November 7, 2023). "Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen announces 2024 re-election bid". Montana Free Press. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
  5. ↑ "FEDERAL PRIMARY 2024 Candidate List". prodcandidatefiling.mt.gov. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
  6. 1 2 "Montana Secretary of State". electionresults.mt.gov. Retrieved October 4, 2024.
  7. ↑ Kimbel-Sannit, Arren (October 2, 2023). "Bozeman attorney Ben Alke launches campaign for attorney general". Montana Free Press. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
  8. ↑ Jacobson, Louis (July 25, 2024). "2024's Races for Attorney General, Secretary of State, and Lieutenant Governor: An Update". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved October 3, 2024.
  9. ↑ Public Opinion Strategies (R)
  10. ↑ Public Opinion Strategies (R)
  11. 1 2 Jacobsen, Christi (November 5, 2024). "2024 STATEWIDE GENERAL ELECTION CANVASS". Secretary of State of Montana . Archived from the original on September 24, 2025. Retrieved October 15, 2025.
  12. ↑ https://electionresults.mt.gov/resultsSW.aspx?type=STATE&map=CTY

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