2020 Montana Senate election

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2020 Montana Senate election

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All 50 seats in the Montana Senate
26 seats needed for a majority
Turnout38.07%
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Fred Thomas Jon Sesso
Party Republican Democratic
Leader since January 2, 2017 January 5, 2015
Leader's seat 44th-Stevensville 37th-Butte
Last election 30 20
Seats won 31 19
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 1
Popular vote 184,066 97,474
Percentage 64.24% 34.02%

Majority leader before election

Fred Thomas
Republican

Elected Majority leader

Cary Smith
Republican

Elections to the Montana Senate were held on November 3, 2020.[1]

Predictions[]

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[2] Safe R October 21, 2020

Results summary[]

Summary of the November 3, 2020 Montana Senate election results

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Party Votes Seats
No. % No. +/− %
Republican 184,066 64.24 31 +1 62.00
Democratic 97,474 34.02 19 -1 38.00
Libertarian 3,722 1.30 0 0 0.00
Write-in 1,261 0.44 0 0 0.00
Total 286,523 100.00 50 ±0 100.00
Registered voters 752,538 100.00
Turnout 286,523 38.07
Source: Montana Elections Results, Montana Secretary of State
Popular vote
Republican
64.24%
Democratic
34.02%
Libertarian
1.30%
Senate seats
Republican
62.00%
Democratic
38.00%

Close races[]

Districts where the margin of victory was under 10%:

  1. District 38, 0.44%
  2. District 39, 1.64%
  3. District 25, 3.27%
  4. District 26, 5.1% gain
  5. District 47, 9.28%

Summary of results by State Senate District[]

State Senate District Incumbent Party Elected Senator Party
Montana 2 Dee L. Brown Rep Carl Glimm Rep
Montana 3 Keith Regier Rep Keith Regier Rep
Montana 6 Albert Olszewski Rep Greg Hertz Rep
Montana 7 Jennifer Fielder Rep Rep
Montana 10 Steve Fitzpatrick Rep Steve Fitzpatrick Rep
Montana 15 Ryan Osmundson Rep Ryan Osmundson Rep
Montana 16 Frank Smith Dem Mike Fox Dem
Montana 17 Mike Lang Rep Mike Lang Rep
Montana 18 Steve Hinebauch Rep Steve Hinebauch Rep
Montana 21 Jason Small Rep Jason Small Rep
Montana 23 Roger Webb Rep Tom McGillvray Rep
Montana 25 Jen Gross Dem Jen Gross Dem
Montana 26 Margaret MacDonald Dem Chris Friedel Rep
Montana 28 Tom Richmond* Rep Brad Molnar Rep
Montana 31 Mike Phillips Dem Christopher Pope Dem
Montana 35 Scott Sales Rep Walt Sales Rep
Montana 36 Jeffrey Welborn Rep Jeffrey Welborn Rep
Montana 37 Jon Sesso Dem Ryan Lynch Dem
Montana 38 Edith McClafferty Dem Edith McClafferty Dem
Montana 39 Gene Vuckovich Dem Mark Sweeney Dem
Montana 40 Terry Gauthier Rep Terry Gauthier Rep
Montana 44 Fred Thomas Rep Theresa Manzella Rep
Montana 45 Dick Barrett Dem Dem
Montana 46 Sue Malek Dem Dem
Montana 47 Daniel Salomon Rep Daniel Salomon Rep

References[]

  1. ^ "Montana State Senate elections, 2020". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  2. ^ "October Overview: Handicapping the 2020 State Legislature Races". The Cook Political Report. Retrieved November 1, 2020.


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