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2024 Montana Senate election

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25 of 50 seats in the Montana Senate 26 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Jason Ellsworth Pat Flowers Party Republican Democratic Leader since January 2, 2023 January 2, 2023 Leader's seat 43rd 32nd Last election 34 16 Seats won 32 18 Seat change 2 2
Results:      Republican gain      Democratic gain      Republican hold      Democratic hold      No election
Senate President before election Jason Ellsworth Republican Elected Senate President TBD

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The 2024 Montana Senate election was held on November 5, 2024, alongside the 2024 United States elections.

This was the first election under new legislative lines adopted by an independent, bipartisan commission in 2023.

Although Republicans maintained their majority, Democrats won new seats and ended Republicans veto-proof supermajority.

Retirements

Fifteen incumbents did not seek re-election.

Democrats

1. District 16: Mike Fox retired to run for State House.
2. District 25: Jen Gross was term-limited.
3. District 37: Ryan Lynch retired.
4. District 38: Edith McClafferty was term-limited.
5. District 46: Shannon O'Brien retired to run for Superintendent of Public Instruction.

Republicans

1. District 3: Keith Regier was term-limited.
2. District 7: Greg Hinkle retired.
3. District 10: Steve Fitzpatrick was term-limited (run for State House).
4. District 17: Mike Lang was term-limited.
5. District 18: Steve Hinebauch was term-limited.
6. District 21: Jason Small was term-limited.
7. District 28: Brad Molnar retired to run for Public Service Commission.
8. District 35: Walt Sales retired.
9. District 36: Jeffrey Welborn was term-limited (ran for Public Service Commission).
10. District 47: Daniel Salomon was term-limited.

Incumbents defeated

In primary election

One incumbent senator, a Republican, was defeated in the June 4 primary election.

Republicans

1. District 26: Chris Friedel lost renomination to Vince Ricci.

Predictions

Results summary

Summary of the November 5, 2024 Montana Senate election results

Party		Votes		Seats
		No.	%	No.	+/−	%
	Republican	184,066	64.24	32	-2	62.00
	Democratic	97,474	34.02	18	+2	38.00
	Libertarian	3,722	1.30	0	0	0.00
	Write-in	1,261	0.44	0	0	0.00
Total		612,309	100.00	50	±0	100.00
Registered voters		802,206	100.00
Turnout		612,309	76.33
Source: Montana Elections Results, Montana Secretary of State

Close races

Districts where the margin of victory was under 10%:

1. District 13, 3.33%
2. District 32, 4.6%

Summary of results by State Senate district

Detailed results

District 2

Incumbent Republican Carl Glimm had represented the 2nd district since 2021. Due to redistricting, Glimm decided to run in the 3rd district.

District 3

Incumbent Republican Keith Regier had represented the 3rd district since 2017. Regier was term-limited and could not seek re-election.

District 5

Incumbent Republican Mark Noland had represented the 6th district since 2023.

District 7

Incumbent Republican Greg Hinkle had represented the 7th district since 2024. He is now retiring.

District 13

The Secretary of State does not specify who received the other 2% of the vote or how many votes for candidates other than Kassmier there were.

District 15

District 16

District 17

District 20

District 21

District 24

District 26

District 27

District 30

Incumbent Republican John Esp had represented the 30th district since 2019.

District 33

District 35

District 36

District 37

District 38

District 39

District 40

District 44

District 45

District 46

District 47

See also

• List of Montana state legislatures

References

1. ^ "Montana State Senate elections, 2024". Ballotpedia. Retrieved May 23, 2024.
2. Arren Kimbel-Sannit (February 13, 2023). "Explaining the why and the where of Montana's new legislative districts". Montana Free Press.
3. Ambarian, Jonathon (June 6, 2024). "Legislative shake-up as incumbents lose primaries following Montana redistricting". KTVH-DT. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
4. "24 MT Forecast". projects.cnalysis.com. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
5. "2024 Candidate Filing List: Legislative". Christi Jacobsen, Montana Secretary of State. February 20, 2024. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
6. "Montana Secretary of State". electionresults.mt.gov. Retrieved November 13, 2024.

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