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 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]

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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

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. ↑ "2024 Statewide General Election Canvass". Secretary of State of Montana . December 11, 2024. Retrieved December 11, 2024.
  12. ↑ https://electionresults.mt.gov/resultsSW.aspx?type=STATE&map=CTY

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