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November 6, 2012 (2012-11-06)
  
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236,450
  
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November 6, 2012

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The 2012 Montana gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 2012, to elect the Governor of Montana. Incumbent Democratic Governor Brian Schweitzer was term-limited and could not run for re-election to a third term.

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Montana Attorney General Steve Bullock won the Democratic primary with 87% of the vote and former U.S. Representative Rick Hill won the Republican primary with 34% of the vote. In the general election, Bullock was victorious by 7,571 votes, taking 48.9% of the vote to Hill's 47.3%.

Declared

  • Steve Bullock, Montana Attorney General
  • Running mate: John Walsh, Brigadier general and former adjutant general in the Montana National Guard
  • Heather Margolis, Montana representative for community service organization ServeNext
  • Running mate: Steve Nelsen, founder of the Montana Conservation Corps

    • Withdrew

  • Larry Jent, State Senator

    • Declined

  • John Bohlinger, Lieutenant Governor of Montana
  • Carl Borgquist, president of Grasslands Renewable Energy of Bozeman
  • Dave Wanzenried, State Senator
  • John Patrick Williams, former U.S. Representative

    • Declared

  • Bob Fanning, retired businessman
  • Running mate: Joel Boniek, former State Representative
  • Former running mate: Chuck Baldwin, pastor and Constitution Party nominee for president in 2008 (dropped out February 2012)
  • Rick Hill, former U.S. Representative
  • Running mate: Jon Sonju, State Senator
  • Neil Livingstone, terrorism and national security analyst
  • Running mate: Ryan Zinke, State Senator
  • Jim Lynch, former Montana Department of Transportation director
  • Running mate: Al Olszewski, orthopedic surgeon and Carroll College Trustee
  • Ken Miller, former State Senator and former Chairman of the Montana Republican Party
  • Running mate: Bill Gallagher, Public Service Commissioner
  • Jim O'Hara, Chouteau County Commissioner
  • Running mate: Scott Swingley, private investigator and former trooper in the Montana Highway Patrol
  • Corey Stapleton, former State Senator
  • Running mate: Bob Keenan, former President of the Montana Senate

    • Withdrew

  • Jeff Essmann, Majority Leader of the Montana Senate
  • Drew Turiano, real estate investor

    • Declined

  • Denny Rehberg, U.S. Representative (ran for the U.S. Senate)

    • Candidates

  • Steve Bullock (D), Montana Attorney General
  • Running mate: John Walsh, Brigadier general and former adjutant general in the Montana National Guard
  • Rick Hill (R), former U.S. Representative
  • Running mate: Jon Sonju, State Senator
  • Ron Vandevender (Libertarian), businessman
  • Running mate: Marc Mulcahy

    • Debate

  • Complete video of debate, C-SPAN, October 10, 2012

    • References

    Montana gubernatorial election, 2012 Wikipedia
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