Montana

MONTANA

3 Electoral Votes

Population
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, MT Secretary of State)
Total Population, July 2004 est. 926,865
Total Registration, Nov. 2004 638,474
Montana has: 56 counties,126 incorporated cities and towns.
Five largest counties: Yellowstone, Missoula, Cascade, Flathead, Gallatin.
Five largest cities: Billings, Great Falls, Missoula, Butte-Silver Bow, Bozeman.

Government
Governor: Judy Martz (R) elected in 2000, retired in 2004.
State Legislature: Montana Legislature House: 100 seats Senate: 50 seats
Local: Counties, Cities NACO Counties
U.S. House: 1R - Denny Rehberg (R)
U.S. Senate: Max Baucus (D) re-elected in 2002, Conrad Burns (R) re-elected in 2000.

In the gubernatorial race, the Democratic ticket of Brian Schweitzer and John C. Bohlinger defeated the Republican ticket of Bob Brown and Dave Lewis by 225,016 votes to 205,313 votes with 15,817 votes going to the Green and Libertarian candidates.

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General Election -- Tuesday, November 2, 2004

Last day to register to vote in the November 2 general election is October 4, 2004.

649 polling places
856 precincts

456,096 total votes cast

Peroutka/Baldwin (Const.)	1,764	(0.39)
Kerry/Edwards (Dem.)	173,710	(38.57)
Cobb/LaMarche (Grn.)	996	(0.22)
Nader/Sanchirico (Ind.)	6,168	(1.37)
Badnarik/Campagna (Lib.)	1,733	(0.38)
+Bush/Cheney (Rep.)	266,063	(59.07)
Total........450,434

2004 Overview
The Bush-Cheney ticket won with a plurality of 93,353 votes (20.50 percentage points), carrying 51 of the 56 counties. Kerry won in Missoula, Silver Bow, Glacier, Big Horn and Roosevelt Counties.

In terms of campaign activity, Kerry's younger sister Diana visited the state July and mid-October. Nader campaigned at the University of Montana in Missoula on Sept. 5 and Cobb appeared in Great Falls on Aug. 10. First Lady Laura Bush vacationed at Glacier Park in July. Also of note, former Montana Governor Marc Racicot chaired the Bush campaign.

Past Results

1996

Dole (Rep.).............179,652	(44.11)
Clinton (Dem.)........167,992	(41.23)
Perot (Ref.)..............55,229	(13.56)
Others (2+4 w/ins)......4,458	(1.09)
Total........407,261

1992

Clinton (Dem.)........154,507 (37.63)

Bush (Rep.)...........144,207 (35.12)

Perot (Ind.).............107,225 (26.11)

Others (2+2 w/ins).....4,672
(1.14)

Total........410,611

2000

Browne/Olivier (Lib.)	1,718	(0.42)
Buchanan/Foster (Ref.)	5,697	(1.39)
+Bush/Cheney (Rep.)	240,178	(58.44)
Gore/Lieberman (Dem.)	137,126	(33.37)
Hagelin/Goldhaber (NLP)	675	(0.16)
Nader/LaDuke (Grn.)	24,437	(5.95)
Phillips/Frazier (Const.)	1,155	(0.28)
Forrest C. Laible (w/in)	11	-
Total........410,997

Total votes cast: 417,916

2000 Overview
Montana, a very close state with Perot on the ballot in 1992 and 1996, went to Bush by a wide margin in 2000. The Bush-Cheney ticket won with a plurality of 103,052 votes (25.07 percentage points), carrying all but 4 of the state's 56 counties. The state did see a number of closely fought races, however. In the U.S. Senate race, incumbent Conrad Burns (R) defeated Brian Schweitzer (D) 51% to 47%. In the U.S. House race, Dennis Rehberg (R) defeated Nancy Keenan (D) 51% to 46%. In the governor's race, Judy Martz and Karl Ohs (R) defeated Mark O'Keefe and Carol Williams (D) 51% to 47%.

Primary -- Tuesday, June 8, 2004

Last-in-the-nation Montana held its presidential preference primary and primary for statewide and legislative offices on June 8, 2004. No-quit Democratic candidate Dennis Kucinich made a late visit to the state but was unable to gain any delegates.

Democratic

	Votes	Percent
Wesley K. Clark	4,081	4.36%
John Edwards	8,516	9.10%
+John F. Kerry	63,611	68.00%
Dennis J. Kucinich	9,686	10.35%
Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.	750	0.80%
No Preference	6,899	7.38%
Total	93,543

Based on the results of the primary, delegates to the State Convention were elected at County Conventions on June 10, 2004.

The State Convention, held June 11, 12, 13, 2004 at Billings Hotel and Convention Center, selected the pledged National Convention delegates and alternates and the add-on unpledged.

21 Delegates (15 Pledged, 6 Unpledged) and 4 Alternates.

Republican
George W. Bush 106,407 No Preference 6,340

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