2020 Montana Attorney General election

2020 Montana Attorney General election

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Nominee Austin Knudsen Raph Graybill Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 348,322 247,025 Percentage 58.5% 41.5%

Attorney General before election Tim Fox Republican Elected Attorney General Austin Knudsen Republican

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The 2020 Montana Attorney General election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the Attorney General of the U.S. state of Montana. Incumbent Republican Montana Attorney General Tim Fox was re-elected in 2016 with 67.7% of the vote. Fox was term-limited and was ineligible to run for re-election. Fox decided to run for the Governor of Montana election, losing the nomination to Greg Gianforte.^[1] Republican Austin Knudsen defeated Republican in the primary and defeated Democrat Raph Graybill in the general election by over 14 points.

Republican primary[]

Candidates[]

Nominee[]

• Austin Knudsen, Roosevelt County Attorney, and former speaker of the Montana House of Representatives^[2]

Eliminated in primary[]

• Jon Bennion, chief deputy Attorney General^[3]

Results[]

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Austin Knudsen	116,113	59.8%
	Republican	Jon Bennion	78,161	40.2%
Total votes			194,274	100.0

Democratic primary[]

Candidates[]

Nominee[]

• Raph Graybill, chief legal counsel to Governor Steve Bullock^[3]

Eliminated in primary[]

• Kimberly Dudik, state representative^[4]

Withdrawn[]

• Jim Cossitt, bankruptcy attorney^[5][6]

Declined[]

• John Morrison, former Montana State Auditor^[7]

Results[]

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Raph Graybill	79,772	57.1%
	Democratic	Kimberly Dudik	59,963	42.9%
Total votes			139,735	100.0%

Green primary[]

Candidates[]

Disqualified[]

• Roy Davis^[8]

Results[]

Green primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Roy Davis	748	100.0%
Total votes			748	100.0%

General election[]

Predictions[]

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[9]	Tossup	June 25, 2020

Fundraising[]

Campaign finance reports as of October 14, 2020
Candidate (party)	Total receipts	Total disbursements	Cash on hand
Raph Graybill (D)	$725,288	$650,110	$75,178
Austin Knudsen (R)	$400,167	$359,831	$40,336
Source:[10]

Polling[]

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Austin Knudsen (R)	Raph Graybill (D)	Other
Raph Graybill[1][A]	Released September 3, 2020	–	–	38%	38%	20%

Results[]

Montana Attorney General election, 2020^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Austin Knudsen	348,322	58.51%	9.16
	Democratic	Raph Graybill	247,025	41.49%	9.16
Total votes			595,347	100.00%
	Republican hold

References[]

Notes[]

External links[]

Official campaign websites

• Raph Graybill (D) for Attorney General
• Austin Knudsen (R) for Attorney General