Montana Primary Election, June 5, 2012 - Election Results

Election Results: Montana Primary Election
June 5, 2012

Updated: September 28, 2020

U.S. House

At-large District

Other Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
David Kaiser

Governor

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Rick Hill \| Jon Sonju	Republican	46,802	34.4%
Corey Stapleton \| Bob Keenan	Republican	24,661	18.1%
Ken Miller \| Bill Gallagher	Republican	24,496	18%
Jim O'Hara \| Scott Swingley	Republican	16,653	12.2%
Neil Livingstone \| Ryan Zinke	Republican	12,038	8.8%
Jim Lynch \| Al Olszewski	Republican	8,323	6.1%
Bob Fanning \| Joel Boniek	Republican	3,087	2.3%
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Others		23,448	17.2%

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Steve Bullock \| John E. Walsh	Democratic	76,738	86.6%
Heather Margolis \| Steve Nelsen	Democratic	11,823	13.4%

Secretary of State

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Brad Johnson	Republican	66,148	55.1%
Scott Aspenlieder	Republican	27,204	22.7%
Patty Lovaas	Republican	18,652	15.5%
Drew Turiano	Republican	8,074	6.7%

State Senate

District 2

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes
Dee Brown	Republican	1,266
Bill Beck	Republican	964
Suzanne Brooks	Republican	327

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
David Fern	Democratic	1,199

District 3

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes
Bruce Tutvedt	Republican	2,159
Rollan Roberts	Republican	2,093
Jayson Peters	Republican	545

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Shannon Hanson	Democratic	940

District 6

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes
Janna Taylor	Republican	1,792
Carmine Mowbray	Republican	1,630
Michael Larson	Republican	517

District 7

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Mark Sheets	Democratic	1,297

Other Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
John Marshall

District 9

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Rick Ripley	Republican	3,097

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Ron Szabo	Democratic	1,485

District 10

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Wendy McKamey	Republican	2,016

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Brad Hamlett	Democratic	1,882

District 16

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Jonathan Windy Boy	Democratic	803
Frank Smith	Democratic	601

District 17

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Greg Jergeson	Democratic	1,368

District 18

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
John Brenden	Republican	2,756

District 19

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Matthew M. Rosendale	Republican	2,597

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Fred Lake	Democratic	865

District 21

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Sharon Stewart Peregoy	Democratic	1,294

District 22

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Taylor Brown	Republican	2,511

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Jean Lemire Dahlman	Democratic	1,374

District 24

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Roger Webb	Republican	2,253

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Wanda Grinde	Democratic	1,723

District 26

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Malcolm Long	Republican	1,144

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Robyn Driscoll	Democratic	1,386

District 27

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Elsie Arntzen	Republican	1,499

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Gary Branae	Democratic	1,377

District 33

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Tom Tuck	Republican	715

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Mike Phillips	Democratic	1,241

District 34

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes
Scott Sales	Republican	2,379
Kurt Bushnell	Republican	1,053
Debra Brown	Republican	378

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Michael Comstock	Republican	1,027

District 36

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Debby Barrett	Republican	3,462

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Richard Turner	Democratic	1,063

District 37

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Jon Sesso	Democratic	3,528

District 38

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Jim Keane	Democratic	2,890

District 41

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Mark Perea	Republican	1,230

District 43

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Jonathan L. Arnold	Republican	1,010
Paul O. Bean	Republican	427

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Gene Vuckovich	Democratic	2,318

District 45

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Fred Thomas	Republican	2,310
Gary MacLaren	Republican	1,656

Other Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Rob McCoy

District 46

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Kevin Blackler	Republican	773
Kevin Kerr	Republican	747

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Sue Malek	Democratic	1,686
Tyler Gernant	Democratic	1,031

District 47

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Fred Carl	Republican	1,207

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Dick Barrett	Democratic	2,550

District 50

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Niles Brush	Republican	1,396

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Cliff Larsen	Democratic	1,794

State House

District 1

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Gerald Bennett	Republican	1,057

District 2

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Mike Cuffe	Republican	1,526

District 3

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Jerry O'Neil	Republican	1,118

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Zac Perry	Democratic	521

Other Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Shawn Guymon	Libertarian

District 4

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Ed Lieser	Democratic	490
Tom Muri	Democratic	280

District 5

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Keith Regier	Republican	1,951

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
James Mahnke	Democratic	414

District 6

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Carl Glimm	Republican	1,689

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Brenda Talbert	Democratic	510

District 7

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Randy Brodehl	Republican	1,279

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Diane Frances Taylor	Democratic	388

District 8

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Steve Lavin	Republican	800

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Brittany MacLean	Democratic	459

District 9

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Scott M. Reichner	Republican	1,305
Frank Mutch	Republican	662

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Rodrik Brosten	Democratic	533

District 10

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Mark Blasdel	Republican	1,924

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Alexander William Schaeffer	Democratic	440

District 11

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Greg Hertz	Republican	1,746

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Bud Koppy	Democratic	543

District 12

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Daniel Salomon	Republican	1,274

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Luke Walawander	Democratic	489

District 13

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Pat Ingraham	Republican	1,704
Kirk McNutt	Republican	616

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Debra Achatz	Democratic	1,274

District 14

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Christine Johnson	Democratic	640

District 15

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Joe Read	Republican	545

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Frosty Calf Boss Ribs	Democratic	473
Jason Richard Smith	Democratic	417

District 16

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Lila J. Evans	Republican	386

District 17

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Christy Clark	Republican	1,331

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Mike Henning	Democratic	668

District 18

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Jesse O'Hara	Republican	1,186
Randy Pinocci	Republican	950

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Colter McCarty	Democratic	946

District 19

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Roger A. Hagan	Republican	1,169

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Richard D. Liebert	Democratic	908

District 20

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Steve Fitzpatrick	Republican	904

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Lindsay Love	Democratic	924

District 21

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Steven R. Sem	Republican	858

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Jean Price	Democratic	1,057

District 22

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
George Paul	Republican	605

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Casey Schreiner	Democratic	734

District 23

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Patrick Flaherty	Republican	564

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Carlie Boland	Democratic	824

District 24

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Brian Hoven	Republican	472

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Tom Glover	Democratic	438

District 25

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Cleve Loney	Republican	1,286

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Tom Jacobson	Democratic	1,262

District 26

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Robert Mehlhoff	Democratic	900

Other Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Tim Martin

District 27

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Rob Cook	Republican	1,525

District 28

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Roy Hollandsworth	Republican	1,704

District 29

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Ryan Osmundson	Republican	1,567

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Todd Lark	Democratic	462

District 30

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Bill Harris	Republican	1,661

District 31

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes
Bridget Smith	Democratic	237
Walter White Tail Feather	Democratic	205
Bill Whitehead	Democratic	171

District 32

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Clarena M. Brockie	Democratic	371
Tony Belcourt	Democratic	368

District 33

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Kris Hansen	Republican	653

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Brenda Skornogoski	Democratic	660

District 34

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Wendy Warburton	Republican	777

District 35

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Mike Lang	Republican	1,502

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Floyd R. Hopstad	Democratic	509

District 36

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Austin Knudsen	Republican	1,207

District 38

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Alan Doane	Republican	861
Edward Hilbert	Republican	800

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Jim Hicks	Democratic	591

District 39

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Lee Randall	Republican	2,030

District 40

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Bill McChesney	Democratic	711

District 41

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Sterling Small	Republican	353

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Rae Peppers	Democratic	598

District 42

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Carolyn Pease-Lopez	Democratic	689

District 43

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Duane Ankney	Republican	1,355

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Gary Perkins	Democratic	680

District 44

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Jonathan McNiven	Republican	1,024

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Wallace Yovetich	Democratic	679

District 45

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Tom Berry	Republican	1,026
Mark Higgins	Republican	552

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Carolee Hagstrom	Democratic	441

District 47

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Daniel Zolnikov	Republican	1,270

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Dale E. Rumph	Democratic	916

District 48

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Douglas Kary	Republican	1,033

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Rita Wells	Democratic	784

District 49

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Tim Stark	Republican	540

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Mary McNally	Democratic	762

District 50

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Dennis Lenz	Republican	992

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Deborah D. Willis	Democratic	633
Curtis Harper	Democratic	270

District 51

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Taj Mukadam	Republican	417

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Kelly McCarthy	Democratic	493
Lita Pepion	Democratic	128

District 52

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Kassidy Olson	Republican	669

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Virginia Court	Democratic	780

District 53

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Dave Hagstrom	Republican	842

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Joseph Sands	Democratic	704

District 54

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
David Lewis	Republican	620

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Margie MacDonald	Democratic	660

District 55

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Cary Smith	Republican	1,600

District 57

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Sarah Laszloffy	Republican	1,645
Debra Bonogofsky	Republican	756

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Sean Whiting	Democratic	895

District 58

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Krayton Kerns	Republican	1,205

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Cole Olson	Democratic	892

District 59

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Joanne G. Blyton	Republican	1,349

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Paul Beck	Democratic	945

District 60

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes
David Howard	Republican	917
Kathy Haman	Republican	596
Dale Milligan	Republican	296

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Jim Dickey	Democratic	526

District 61

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes
Alan Redfield	Republican	1,333
Debra Lamm	Republican	1,107
Daniel Burmeister	Republican	224

District 62

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Dan Skattum	Republican	829
Juanita Lux	Republican	239

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Reilly Neill	Democratic	859

District 63

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Tom Burnett	Republican	1,459

District 64

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Clint Field	Republican	658

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Tom Woods	Democratic	798

District 65

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Nick Mahan	Republican	261

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Kathleen Williams	Democratic	500

District 66

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Dave Ponte	Republican	438

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Jennifer Pomnichowski	Democratic	761

District 67

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Gordon Vance	Republican	1,510

District 68

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Kelly Flynn	Republican	1,760

District 70

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
April Buonamici	Democratic	644

District 71

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes
Ray Shaw	Republican	1,040
Bob Wagner	Republican	992
Robert Kennedy	Republican	233

District 72

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Jeffrey Welborn	Republican	1,646

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Norma J. Duffy	Democratic	507

District 73

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Gary Wold	Republican	646

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Pat Noonan	Democratic	1,572

District 74

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Max Yates	Republican	931

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Ryan Lynch	Democratic	1,303
Ed Zimpel	Democratic	751

District 75

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Greg Miller	Republican	426

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Edith McClafferty	Democratic	1,651

District 76

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Amanda Curtis	Democratic	1,173
Douglas Shidler	Democratic	149

District 77

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Kirk Wagoner	Republican	865
Alan L. Hale	Republican	824

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Adam Lythgoe	Democratic	958

District 78

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Steve Gibson	Republican	836

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Joe Cohenour	Democratic	785

District 79

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Mark Diaz	Republican	785

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Chuck Hunter	Democratic	1,276

District 80

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Liz Bangerter	Republican	889

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Kelsen Young	Democratic	1,005

District 81

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Galen Hollenbaugh	Democratic	1,328

District 82

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Samuel J. Hunthausen	Republican	804

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes
Jenny Eck	Democratic	800
Don Judge	Democratic	442
Donald Jones	Democratic	252

District 83

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Wylie Galt	Republican	1,043
Jonathan R. Jackson	Republican	871

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Marla C Clark	Democratic	589

District 84

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Mike Miller	Republican	1,379

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Everett G. Sheets	Democratic	589

Other Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Scott Vandevender

District 86

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Elena Gagliano	Republican	639

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Kathy Swanson	Democratic	1,674

District 87

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes
Pat Connell	Republican	1,013
Scott Boulanger	Republican	934
Jeff Burrows	Republican	179

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Jan Wisniewski	Democratic	400

District 88

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Ron Ehli	Republican	1,209
Marlin Foss	Republican	219

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Pam Erickson	Democratic	705

Other Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Stephen Rodriguez

District 89

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes
Nancy Ballance	Republican	1,267
Josh Hennes	Republican	506
Russ Vogel	Republican	373

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Peggy Steffes	Democratic	581

Other Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Andy Elwell

District 90

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Edward Greef	Republican	957
Ron Pifer	Republican	674

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
John D. Meakin	Democratic	713

Other Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Toby Martin

District 91

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
David Moore	Republican	835

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Chuck Erickson	Democratic	844

District 92

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Paul Varkuza	Republican	688

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Bryce Bennett	Democratic	1,653

District 93

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Brandon Simpson	Republican	527

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Douglas Coffin	Democratic	900
Coy Harwood	Democratic	244

District 94

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Lyn Hellegaard	Republican	693

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes
Ellie Hill	Democratic	941
Lou Ann Crowley	Democratic	638
Pete Burridge	Democratic	36

District 95

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Karen K. Meyer	Republican	569

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Tom Steenberg	Democratic	1,125

District 96

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Jon Baker	Republican	520

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Carolyn Squires	Democratic	995

District 97

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Gary E. Sanders	Republican	568

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Nancy Wilson	Democratic	1,061

District 98

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Larry Jones	Republican	778

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Jenifer Gursky	Democratic	728
David J. Crowley	Democratic	436

District 99

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Gary Marbut	Republican	602

District 100

Republican Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Champ Edmunds	Republican	944

Democratic Party

Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
Dave Andrews	Democratic	714

Election Results: Montana Primary ElectionJune 5, 2012

Election Results: Montana Primary Election
June 5, 2012