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Silver Bow County is a county in the U.S. state of Montana. As of the 2020 census,the population was 35,133. Its county seat is Butte. In 1977,the city and county governments consolidated to form the single entity of Butte-Silver Bow. Additionally,the town of Walkerville is a separate municipality from Butte and is within the county.
Deer Lodge County is a county in the U.S. state of Montana. As of the 2020 census,the population was 9,421. It forms a consolidated city-county government with its county seat of Anaconda. The county was established in 1865.
Since Montana became a U.S. state in 1889,it has sent congressional delegations to the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. Each state elects two senators to serve for six years. Before the Seventeenth Amendment took effect in 1913,senators were elected by the Montana State Legislature. Members of the House of Representatives are elected to two-year terms,one from Montana's at-large congressional district. Before becoming a state,the Territory of Montana elected a non-voting delegate at-large to Congress from 1864 to 1889.
Burton Kendall Wheeler was an attorney and an American politician of the Democratic Party in Montana,which he represented as a United States senator from 1923 until 1947.
Raymond Jon Tester is an American farmer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Montana,a seat he has held since 2007. A member of the Democratic Party,Tester is the dean of Montana's congressional delegation and the only Democrat who holds statewide office in Montana. He served in the Montana Senate from 1999 to 2007,and as its president for his last two years in the chamber.
The 2006 United States Senate election in Montana was held November 7,2006. The filing deadline was March 23;the primary was held June 6. Incumbent Republican Senator Conrad Burns ran for re-election to a fourth term,but lost to Democrat Jon Tester by a margin of 0.87%,or 3,562 votes out of 406,505 cast. This made the election the second-closest race of the 2006 Senate election cycle,behind only the election in Virginia.
The 2008 United States Senate election in Montana was held on November 4,2008. Incumbent Democratic Senator Max Baucus won re-election to a sixth term in a landslide,winning more than 70% of the vote and carrying every county in the state,despite Republican John McCain's narrow victory in the state in the concurrent presidential election. Baucus was later appointed as the United States Ambassador to China on February 6,2014,having already announced his intention to retire at the end of term on April 23,2013.
The 2008 Montana gubernatorial election was held on November 4,2008 to elect the governor and lieutenant governor of the U.S. state of Montana. Incumbent Governor Brian Schweitzer,a Democrat who was elected to his first four-year term in 2004,was elected to a second term with 65.5% of the vote. Incumbent Lieutenant Governor John Bohlinger,a Republican who was once again Schweitzer's running mate,was reelected to a second term. The Republican nominee was Roy Brown,a member of the Montana Senate. Brown's running mate was businessman Steve Daines,a future U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator.
The 2008 United States elections were held on November 4. It was a Democratic wave,Democratic Senator Barack Obama of Illinois won the presidential election,by defeating his challenger,Senator John McCain,by a wide margin,and the Democrats bolstered their majorities in both chambers of Congress.
The 2004 United States elections were held on November 2. Republican President George W. Bush won re-election and Republicans retained control of Congress.
Steven David Daines is an American politician and former corporate executive serving as the junior United States senator from Montana since 2015. A member of the Republican Party,he represented Montana's at-large congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2013 to 2015.
The 2014 United States Senate election in Montana took place on November 4,2014,to elect a member of the United States Senate from Montana,concurrently with other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
Matthew Martin Rosendale Sr. is an American politician and businessman from Montana. A member of the Republican Party,he is the U.S. representative for Montana's 2nd congressional district. He was first elected to the at-large district in 2020.
The 2014 congressional election in Montana was held on November 4,2014,to elect the U.S. representative from Montana's at-large congressional district. Between 1993 and 2023,Montana had one at-large seat in the House.
The 2018 United States Senate election in Montana was held on November 6,2018,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Montana,concurrently with other elections to the United States Senate,elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
The 2020 United States Senate election in Montana was held on November 3,2020,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Montana. It was held concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states,elections to the United States House of Representatives,and various state and local elections. The primaries for both the Democratic and Republican nominations took place on June 2,2020.
The 2024 United States Senate election in Montana will be held on November 5,2024,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Montana. Incumbent three-term Democratic Senator Jon Tester is seeking re-election to a fourth term in office. He was last re-elected in 2018,with 50.3% of the vote. Tester is one of three Democratic Senators up for re-election in states that Donald Trump won in both 2016 and 2020,alongside Senators Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Sherrod Brown of Ohio. Tester's re-election is considered essential for Democrats' chances to retain the Senate majority in 2024.
Jason Ellsworth is an American politician serving as a Republican member of the Montana Senate. First elected in 2019,Ellsworth serves as the President pro Tempore of the Montana Senate.
Anthony Devos Johnstone is an American lawyer who serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
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- ↑ "Montana Senator Recognized for Lifetime of Service".
- ↑ "Accused killer out free after white supremacist helps post bail". Daily Inter Lake. 2023-07-06. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
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