2024 Montana House of Representatives election
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The 2024 Montana House of Representatives election will be held on November 5, 2024, alongside the 2024 United States elections.[1]
This will be the first election under new legislative lines adopted by an independent, bipartisan commission in 2023.[2]
Partisan background
[edit]In Montana's 2020 Presidential Election, Donald Trump won the 61 House districts, while Joe Biden won 39. Going into the 2024 House elections, Democrats held District 27 in Havre (Trump +16%) and Majority-Minority District 42 in Big Horn County (Trump +2%). Republicans held Districts 41, 46, 57, 60, 91, and 92, where Biden won in 2020. Redistricting created two new competitive districts, 65 and 66 in Gallatin County, both favoring Biden.
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- 40–50%50–60%
- 60–70%
- 70–80%
- 80–90%
- 40–50%
- 50–60%
- 60–70%
- 70–80%
- 80–90%
Retirements
[edit]Thirty-three incumbents will not seek re-election.[1]
Democrats
[edit]- District 5: Dave Fern is term-limited (running for State Senate).
- District 15: Marvin Weatherwax Jr. is retiring.
- District 32: Jonathan Windy Boy is term-limited (running for State Senate).
- District 42: Sharon Stewart-Peregoy is term-limited (running for State Senate).
- District 60: Laurie Bishop is term-limited.
- District 61: Jim Hamilton is term-limited.
- District 63: Alice Buckley is retiring.
- District 74: Derek J. Harvey is retiring to run for State Senate.
- District 79: Laura Smith is retiring to run for State Senate.
- District 83: Kim Abbott is term-limited.
Republicans
[edit]- District 1: Steve Gunderson is term-limited.
- District 4: Matt Regier is term-limited (running for State Senate).
- District 10: Bob Keenan is retiring.
- District 11: Tanner Smith is retiring to run for Governor.
- District 14: Denley Loge is term-limited (running for State Senate).
- District 17: Ross Fitzgerald is term-limited.
- District 20: Fred Anderson is term-limited.
- District 22: Lola Sheldon-Galloway is term-limited (running for State Senate).
- District 23: Scot Kerns is retiring.
- District 27: Joshua Kassmier is retiring to run for State Senate.
- District 29: Edward Butcher is retiring.
- District 33: Casey Knudsen is term-limited.
- District 34: Rhonda Knudsen is retiring to run for State Senate.
- District 36: Bob Phalen is retiring to run for State Senate.
- District 41: Gayle Lammers is retiring to run for State Senate.
- District 50: Naarah Hastings is retiring.
- District 51: Mike Yakawich is retiring to run for State Senate.
- District 54: Terry Moore is retiring.
- District 56: Sue Vinton is term-limited (running for State Senate).
- District 72: Tom Welch is term-limited.
- District 78: Gregory Frazer is retiring to run for State Senate.
- District 88: Wayne Rusk is retiring to run for State Senate.
- District 92: Mike Hopkins is term-limited.
Incumbents defeated
[edit]In primary election
[edit]Five incumbent representatives, all Republicans, were defeated in the June 4 primary election.[3]
Republicans
[edit]- District 8: Tony Brockman lost renomination to Lukas Schubert.
- District 20: Steven Galloway lost renomination to Melissa Nikolakakos.
- District 68: Jennifer Carlson lost a redistricting race to Caleb Hinkle.
- District 78: James Bergstrom lost renomination to Randyn Gregg.
- District 85: Michele Binkley lost renomination to Kathy Love.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Montana House of Representatives elections, 2024". Ballotpedia. Retrieved May 23, 2024.
- ^ Arren Kimbel-Sannit (February 13, 2023). "Explaining the why and the where of Montana's new legislative districts". Montana Free Press.
- ^ Ambarian, Jonathon (June 6, 2024). "Legislative shake-up as incumbents lose primaries following Montana redistricting". KTVH-DT. Retrieved June 10, 2024.