Results archive / Montana
Montana election results
President since 1976, counties since 2000, US Senate since 1976.
President
Electoral votes
1976 R 41980 R 41984 R 41988 R 41992 D 31996 R 32000 R 32004 R 32008 R 32012 R 32016 R 32020 R 32024 R 4
2024 Trump+19.9
Counties
Democratic lead<55-1010-2020+
Republican lead<55-1010-2020+
No dataSwing
Towards the Democrat<22-55-1010+
Towards the Republican<22-55-1010+
No dataUS Senate
2024
Tim Sheehy (R)52.6%
Jon Tester (D)45.5%
2020
Steve Daines (R)55.0%
Steve Bullock (D)45.0%
2018
Jon Tester (D)50.3%
Matt Rosendale (R)46.8%
2014
Steve Daines (R)57.8%
Amanda Curtis (D)40.1%
2012
Jon Tester (D)48.6%
Denny Rehberg (R)44.9%
2008
Max Baucus (D)72.9%
Bob Kelleher (R)27.1%
2006
Jon Tester (D)49.2%
Conrad Burns (R)48.3%
2002
Max Baucus (D)62.7%
Mike Taylor (R)31.7%
2000
Conrad Burns (R)50.6%
Brian Schweitzer (D)47.2%
1996
Max Baucus (D)49.6%
Dennis Rehberg (R)44.7%
1994
Conrad R. Burns (R)62.4%
Jack Mudd (D)37.6%
1990
Max Baucus (D)68.1%
Allen C. Kolstad (R)29.4%
1988
Conrad Burns (R)51.9%
John Melcher (D)48.1%
1984
Max Baucus (D)56.9%
Chuck Cozzens (R)40.7%
1982
John Melcher (D)54.5%
Larry Williams (R)41.7%
1978
Max Baucus (D)55.7%
Larry Williams (R)44.3%
1976
John Melcher (D)64.2%
Stanley C. Burger (R)35.8%
MEDSL and VEST results files: fixed historic releases. 2026 Senate counts: uncertified.
Sources
- National Archives, Office of the Federal Register: Electoral College results 1976-2024 (Public domain (US government work))
- MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. President 1976-2024, Harvard Dataverse (CC0 1.0)
- MIT Election Data and Science Lab, County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2016 (GitHub copy, commit f44e3fc; the dataset is CC0 1.0 on Harvard Dataverse, doi:10.7910/DVN/VOQCHQ) (CC0 1.0)
- Connecticut Secretary of the State, 2012 presidential election results by town (CT Election History), summed to the eight legacy counties by PollCheck (Official public records)
- Voting and Election Science Team, 2020 Precinct-Level Election Results, Harvard Dataverse (precincts summed to counties by PollCheck) (CC BY 4.0)
- PollCheck 2024 county totals (us_site/house_pres.py): MEDSL 2024 precinct returns (CC0 1.0) plus the state sources named in county_pres_2024.json (CC0 1.0 (MEDSL rows))
- US Census Bureau cartographic boundary files: counties 2020 (1:500,000) and 2024 (1:5,000,000) (Public domain)
- US Census Bureau state legislative districts (lower chamber), Alaska: TIGER/Line 2010 (2000 and 2010 districts) and cartographic boundary files 2013, 2018 and 2023 (Public domain)
- Maine Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions, 2024 General Election, President and Vice President (certified, corrected 5 Dec 2024) (Maine government record)
- New York State Board of Elections, 2004 General Election, President and Vice President, results by county (New York government record)
- New York State Board of Elections, President and Vice-President Election Returns Nov. 6, 2012 (dated 20 Mar 2013, Kings update 9 Jun 2013), copy hosted by the American Presidency Project (New York government record)
- MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. Senate statewide 1976-2024, Harvard Dataverse (CC0 1.0)
- State election office counts as read by the PollCheck midterms results feed (us_midterms_2026/data/results.json); uncertified (Official public records)
- us-atlas 3.0.1 counties-albers-10m (Census 2017 county boundaries) (ISC)
- us-atlas 3.0.1 states-albers-10m.json (US Census Bureau cartographic boundary files 2017; ISC licence)
Final results.