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← 2020
U.S. Senate, Montana
Democratic primary Republican primary General election
Election details
Filing deadline: March 11, 2024
Primary: June 4, 2024 General: November 5, 2024
How to vote
Poll times: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Voting in Montana
Race ratings
Cook Political Report: Toss-up Sabato's Crystal Ball: Toss-up Inside Elections: Toss-up
Ballotpedia analysis
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Voters in Montana will elect one member to the U.S. Senate in the general election on November 5, 2024. The primary is June 4, 2024. The filing deadline is March 11, 2024.

The election will fill the Class I Senate seat held by Jon Tester (D), who first took office in 2007.

For more information about the primaries in this election, click on the links below:

• United States Senate election in Montana, 2024 (June 4 Democratic primary)
• United States Senate election in Montana, 2024 (June 4 Republican primary)

Candidates and election results

Note: The following list includes official candidates only. Ballotpedia defines official candidates as people who:

• Register with a federal or state campaign finance agency before the candidate filing deadline
• Appear on candidate lists released by government election agencies
  

General election

The primary will occur on June 4, 2024. The general election will occur on November 5, 2024. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Montana

Incumbent Jon Tester is running in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Montana on June 4, 2024.

		Candidate
		Jon Tester

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Montana

Brad Johnson, Thomas Madigan, and Tim Sheehy are running in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Montana on June 4, 2024.

		Candidate
		Brad Johnson
		Thomas Madigan
		Tim Sheehy

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Voting information

See also: Voting in Montana

Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey responses

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No candidate in this race has completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey. Ballotpedia is seeking 100 percent participation so voters can learn more about all the candidates on their ballots.

Campaign finance

Name	Party	Receipts*	Disbursements**	Cash on hand	Date
Jon Tester	Democratic Party	$19,654,678	$7,131,531	$13,003,721	As of September 30, 2023
Brad Johnson	Republican Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Thomas Madigan	Republican Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Tim Sheehy	Republican Party	$2,872,387	$1,748,408	$1,123,978	As of September 30, 2023
Sid Daoud	Libertarian Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2024. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC). * According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." ** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election. *** Candidate either did not report any receipts or disbursements to the FEC, or Ballotpedia did not find an FEC candidate ID.

General election race ratings

See also: Race rating definitions and methods

Ballotpedia provides race ratings from three outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, and Sabato's Crystal Ball. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:

• Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
• Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
• Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.
• Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.

Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.

Race ratings: U.S. Senate election in Montana, 2024
Race tracker	Race ratings
	January 2, 2024	December 19, 2023	December 12, 2023	December 5, 2023
The Cook Political Report	Toss-up	Toss-up	Toss-up	Toss-up
Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales	Toss-up	Toss-up	Toss-up	Toss-up
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball	Toss-up	Toss-up	Toss-up	Toss-up
Note: Ballotpedia reviews external race ratings every week throughout the election season and posts weekly updates even if the media outlets have not revised their ratings during that week.

Ballot access requirements

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. Senate candidates in Montana in the 2024 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Montana, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. Senate candidates, 2024
State	Office	Party	Signatures required	Signature formula	Filing fee	Filing fee formula	Filing deadline	Source
Montana	U.S. Senate	Qualified party	N/A	N/A	$1,740.00	1% of annual salary	3/11/2024	Source
Montana	U.S. Senate	Unaffiliated	12,694	5% of total votes cast for successful candidate in the last general election	$1,740.00	1% of annual salary	6/3/2024	Source

Election history

The section below details election results for this state's U.S. Senate elections dating back to 2014.

2020

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Montana

Incumbent Steve Daines defeated Steve Bullock in the general election for U.S. Senate Montana on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Steve Daines (R)	55.0	333,174
		Steve Bullock (D)	45.0	272,463

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 605,637
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Wendie Fredrickson (G)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Montana

Steve Bullock defeated John Mues and Mike Knoles (Unofficially withdrew) in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Montana on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Steve Bullock	95.5	144,949
		John Mues	2.5	3,740
		Mike Knoles (Unofficially withdrew)	2.1	3,165

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 151,854
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Jack Ballard (D)
• Josh Seckinger (D)
• Wilmot Collins (D)
• Cora Neumann (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Montana

Incumbent Steve Daines defeated John Driscoll and Daniel Larson in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Montana on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Steve Daines	88.0	192,942
		John Driscoll	6.4	13,944
		Daniel Larson	5.6	12,319

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 219,205
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Green primary election

Green primary for U.S. Senate Montana

Wendie Fredrickson defeated Dennis Daneke in the Green primary for U.S. Senate Montana on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Wendie Fredrickson	66.4	504
		Dennis Daneke	33.6	255

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 759
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Susan Good-Geise (L)

2018

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Montana

Incumbent Jon Tester defeated Matt Rosendale and Rick Breckenridge in the general election for U.S. Senate Montana on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jon Tester (D)	50.3	253,876
		Matt Rosendale (R)	46.8	235,963
		Rick Breckenridge (L)	2.9	14,545

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 504,384 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Steve Kelly (G)

2014

On November 4, 2014, Steve Daines (R) won election to the United States Senate. He defeated Amanda Curtis (D) and Roger Roots (L) in the general election.

U.S. Senate, Montana General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Steve Daines	57.8%	213,709
	Democratic	Amanda Curtis	40.1%	148,184
	Libertarian	Roger Roots	2.1%	7,933
Total Votes				369,826
Source: Montana Secretary of State

Political context

This section will be updated with information about the political landscape in Montana.

See also

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Footnotes

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Montana's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Steve Daines (R)

Jon Tester (D)

Representatives

District 1

Ryan Zinke (R)

District 2

Matt Rosendale (R)

Republican Party (3)

Democratic Party (1)