2024 Montana Attorney General election

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2024 Montana Attorney General election
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  2020 November 5, 20242028 
 
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
County results
Knudsen:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     90-100%
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

Primary results by county:
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Knudsen
50-60%
70-80%
80-90%
>90% Montana Attorney General Republican Primary, 2024.svg
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%
Democratic Ben Alke237,92840.29%
Total votes590,610 100.00%
Republican hold

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

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References

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  2. "2024 State Primary Election Dates". www.ncsl.org. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
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