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.
Jim Elliott is the former chairman of the Montana Democratic Party and a former member of the Montana Senate,representing District 7 from 2001 to 2009. He was also a member of the Montana House of Representatives from 1989 through 1997,representing District 72.
David Wanzenried is a Montana politician and Montana State University Billings instructor. He served as the state senator for the 49th district of Montana,representing parts of the city of Missoula and Missoula County from since 2007 to 2015. He is a member of the Democratic party. Previously,he had been elected to the state House of Representatives for the 92nd district,serving Missoula and also Evergreen,near Kalispell from 1990 to 2004. He served as Montana House Minority leader from 2005 to 2007. Wanzenried ran for the office of governor of Montana in 2012 but withdrew from the race on July 8th,2011.
Lee Mantle was an American businessman and politician from Montana. A Republican,he was most notable for his service as a United States Senator from 1895 to 1899.
Michael R. Cooney is an American politician who served as the 36th lieutenant governor of Montana from 2016 to 2021. He previously served in the Montana House of Representatives (1977–1981),as the secretary of state of Montana (1989–2001),in the Montana Senate (2003–2011),as the president of the Montana Senate (2007–2009) and ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Montana in 2000. Cooney was the Democratic nominee for governor of Montana in the 2020 election,losing to Republican U.S. Representative Greg Gianforte.
Larry Jent is a politician and a former Democratic member of the Montana Legislature. He served in the Montana House of Representatives from 2001 to 2007,and served in the Montana Senate from 2007 to 2015.
Gregor H. Lind is an American anesthesiologist and politician who served as a Democratic member of the Montana Senate,representing District 50 from 2005 through 2008.
Frank J. Smith is an American politician,previously serving as a member of the Montana Senate,representing District 16. He served in the Montana Senate from 2004 until 2008 when he was succeeded by Jonathan Windy Boy. He was re-elected to the Montana Senate in 2016,and served from 2017 to 2020. In 2020,he was elected to the Montana House of Representatives,representing District 31.
Joseph S. "Joe" Tropila is a Democratic Party member of the Montana Senate,representing District 12 since 2002. Earlier he was a member of the Montana House of Representatives from 1975 through 1980,and from 1994 through 2002.
Ken "Kim" Hansen was a Democratic Party member of the Montana Senate who represented District 17 from 2003 to 2010. He later served as the mayor of Harlem,Montana from 2017 until his death in 2023.
Jon Sonju is a former member of the Montana Senate. He is a Republican from Senate District 4,representing Kalispell,Montana,elected in 2011. He served as a State Senator until 2015. He previously served in the Montana House of Representatives from 2005 to 2010.
Llewelyn E. Jones is a Republican member of the Montana Legislature. He was elected to Senate District 14,representing Conrad,Montana,for the 2011-2013 term. Previously Jones served 3 terms in the House of Representatives. Jones holds an MS in Economics from Montana State University.
Sharon Stewart-Peregoy is an American politician serving as a Democratic member of the Montana House of Representatives. She was first elected to the Montana House of Representatives in 2017,and represents House District 42. From 2009 to 2017,she served in Montana Senate,and represented Senate District 21,which included Crow Agency,Montana. She was a member of the Senate's American Indian Caucus. She received a Bachelor of Arts in elementary education from Montana State University and a Master of Education from City University at Seattle. She actively advocates for the revitalization of the Crow language and culture.
Jason Priest is an American businessman and former politician. A member of the Republican Party,he served in the Montana Legislature,representing Senate District 30 from 2011 to 2015.
David M. Lewis is an American politician who served in the Montana Legislature from 2001 to 2015. A member of the Republican Party,he was its nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Montana alongside gubernatorial nominee Bob Brown in 2004.
Jeffrey Welborn is a Republican member of the Montana Senate. He was elected to House District 72 which represents the Dillon area and now serves as a State Senator of District 36. In 2022,he supported the state of Montana's proposed purchase of a 5,600-acre ranch from Shodair Children's Hospital in order to open up 100,000 acres of public land for easier access by the public.
Matthew Martin Rosendale Sr. is an American politician. A Republican,Rosendale represents Montana's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. Rosendale served in the Montana House of Representatives from 2011 to 2013,and in the Montana Senate from 2013 to 2017. From 2015 to 2017,he served as Senate majority leader. Rosendale was elected Montana state auditor in 2016 and held that position from 2017 to 2020. Rosendale ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. House of Representatives in 2014 and for the U.S. Senate in 2018. He was elected to represent Montana's at-large congressional district in 2020. After Montana regained its second House seat in the 2020 census,Rosendale was elected to represent the new 2nd congressional district in 2022.
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.
Denise Hayman is an American politician who is currently serving in the Montana Senate as the senator from the 33rd District in Bozeman. She previously served as a member Montana House of Representatives for the 66th district from 2015 to 2023.
The 1889 Montana gubernatorial election took place on October 1,1889. This was the first gubernatorial election in Montana. Democratic candidate Joseph Toole narrowly beat Republican candidate Thomas C. Power. Toole was the only Democrat elected for Montana's six executive offices. Toole was sworn in on November 8,1889,and his term ended January 2,1893.
