2018 United States Senate election in Montana

The 2018 United States Senate election in Montana was held on November 6, 2018, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Montana, concurrently with other elections to the United States Senate, elections to the United States House of Representatives, and various state and local elections.

2018 United States Senate election in Montana

November 6, 2018
Turnout	70.86%
Nominee Jon Tester Matt Rosendale Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 253,876 235,963 Percentage 50.3% 46.8%
County Results Tester:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80% Rosendale:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
U.S. senator before election Jon Tester Democratic Elected U.S. Senator Jon Tester Democratic

Although Montana went for Donald Trump by a margin of about 20 percent in 2016, incumbent Democratic Senator Jon Tester was reelected to a third term, defeating Republican State Auditor Matt Rosendale. Rosendale conceded on November 7, 2018.[1] This was the first Senate election in which Tester received a majority of votes cast rather than a simple plurality.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominated

• Jon Tester, incumbent U.S. Senator[2]

Endorsements

Jon Tester

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, 47th Vice President of the United States[3] U.S. Senators Dick Durbin, U.S. Senator (IL) and Senate Minority Whip[4] Al Franken, former U.S. Senator (MN)[5] Kamala Harris, U.S. Senator (CA)[6] Amy Klobuchar, U.S. Senator (MN)[5] Ed Markey, U.S. Senator (MA)[7] Tom Udall, U.S. Senator (NM)[8] Elizabeth Warren, U.S. Senator (MA)[9] Local and statewide politicians Steve Bullock, Governor of Montana[10] Organizations Council for a Livable World[11] End Citizens United[12] League of Conservation Voters Action Fund [13] NARAL Pro-Choice America[14]

Results

Democratic primary results[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jon Tester (incumbent)	114,948	100.00%
Total votes			114,948	100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominated

• Matt Rosendale, Auditor of Montana and candidate for Congress in 2014[16]

Eliminated in primary

• Troy Downing, veteran and businessman[17]
• Russell Fagg, former Yellowstone County District Judge[18]
• Albert Olszewski, state senator and candidate for lieutenant governor in 2012[19]

Withdrew

• Ron Murray, businessman and candidate for the state house in 2010[20][21]

Declined

• Tim Fox, Attorney General of Montana[22][23]
• Rob O'Neill, former Navy SEAL (endorsed Troy Downing)[24][25]
• Marc Racicot, former governor and former chairman of the Republican National Committee (endorsed Russell Fagg)[26][27]
• Corey Stapleton, Secretary of State of Montana, candidate for governor in 2012 and candidate for Congress in 2014[28][29]
• Ryan Zinke, former Secretary of the Interior and former U.S. Representative[30][31]

Endorsements

Troy Downing
U.S. Vice Presidents Dan Quayle, former Vice President[32] State Representatives Jimmy Patelis[25] Individuals Robert O'Neill, Navy SEAL who killed Osama bin Laden[25] Lola Zinke, wife of Ryan Zinke[25]

Russell Fagg
Governors Judy Martz (former)[33] Marc Racicot (former)[33] Stan Stephens (former)[33] U.S. Representatives Rick Hill (former)[33] Denny Rehberg (former)[33] Individuals Kirsten Juras, former Montana Supreme Court candidate[33]

Matt Rosendale

U.S. Presidents Donald Trump[34] National Security Adviser John R. Bolton[35] U.S. Senators Ted Cruz (TX)[36] Mike Lee (UT)[36] Rand Paul (KY) U.S. Representatives Ron Marlenee (former)[37] State Senators Steve Hinebauch[37] David Howard[37] Frederick Moore[37] Ryan Osmundson[37] Daniel Salomon[37] Cary Smith[37] Chas Vincent[37] Roger Webb[37] State Representatives Nancy Ballance[37] Dan Bartel[37] Bob Brown[37] Alan Doane[37] Kelly Flynn[37] Terry Gauthier[37] Edward Greef[37] Steve Gunderson[37] Bill Harris[37] Adam Hertz[37] Greg Hertz[37] Mike Hopkins[37] Austin Knudsen, Speaker of the Montana House of Representatives[37] Jon Knokey[37] Casey Knudsen[37] Denley Loge[37] Theresa Manzella[37] James O'Hara[37] Adam Rosendale[37] Nicholas Schwaderer (former)[37] Jeremy Trebas[37] Sue Vinton[37] Peggy Webb[37] Daniel Zolnikov[37] Individuals Steve Bannon, former White House Chief Strategist and executive chair of Breitbart News[38] Organizations CatholicVote.org[39] Citizens United Political Victory Fund Club for Growth[40] Senate Conservatives Fund[41] Great America Alliance[42] FreedomWorks[43]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Troy Downing	Russell Fagg	Al Olszewski	Matt Rosendale	Other	Undecided
WPA Intelligence (R-Club for Growth)	April 15–16, 2018	503	± 4.4%	12%	17%	8%	40%	–	23%
WPA Intelligence (R-Rosendale)	February 5–7, 2018	401	± 4.4%	12%	11%	5%	28%	1%[44]	–

Results

Results by county

Map legend

•   Rosendale—60–70%
•   Rosendale—50–60%
•   Rosendale—40–50%
•   Rosendale—30–40%
•   Rosendale—<30%
•   Rosendale/Fagg tie—30–40%
•   Fagg—30–40%
•   Fagg—40–50%
•   Fagg—50–60%
•   Olszewski—30–40%
•   Olszewski—40–50%

Republican primary results[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Matt Rosendale	51,859	33.82%
	Republican	Russ Fagg	43,465	28.34%
	Republican	Troy Downing	29,341	19.13%
	Republican	Al Olszewski	28,681	18.70%
Total votes			153,346	100.00%

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominated

• Rick Breckenridge, 2016 candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives[45]

In October 2018, Breckenridge told a reporter from the Associated Press that he opposed the use of dark money in politics. Breckenridge said that he realistically anticipated only receiving three or four percent of the vote in the general election, and that he endorsed Rosendale's efforts to stop the use of dark money in politics.[46] The Associated Press interpreted Breckenridge's comments as a statement that Breckenridge was dropping out of the race and endorsing Rosendale.[46] Breckenridge later stated that his use of the word "endorse" referred only to stopping the use of dark money in politics, and said he was still running for the Senate.[47][48][49]

Green Party

Kelly won the Green Party nomination, but a Montana district court judge ruled that he had insufficient signatures to get on the ballot.[50]

Candidates

Nominee (removed from ballot)

• Steve Kelly, artist and environmental activist[51]

Eliminated in primary

• Timothy Adams

Results

Results by county

Map legend

•   Kelly—100%
•   Kelly—≥90%
•   Kelly—80–90%
•   Kelly—70–80%
•   Kelly—60–70%
•   Kelly—50–60%
•   Kelly—40–50%
•   Kelly/Adams tie—30–40%
•   Kelly/Adams tie—50%
•   Adams—50–60%
•   Adams—60–70%
•   Adams—100%
•   No votes

Green primary results[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Steve Kelly	971	61.22%
	Green	Timothy Adams	615	38.78%
Total votes			1,586	100%

General election

Debates

• Complete video of debate, September 29, 2018
• Complete video of debate, October 14, 2018

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[52]	Tossup	November 1, 2018
Inside Elections[53]	Tilt D	November 1, 2018
Sabato's Crystal Ball[54]	Lean D	November 1, 2018
Daily Kos[55]	Tossup	November 1, 2018
Fox News[56]	Lean D	November 1, 2018
CNN[57]	Lean D	November 1, 2018
RealClearPolitics[58]	Tossup	November 1, 2018
FiveThirtyEight[59]	Likely D	November 1, 2018

Endorsements

Jon Tester (D)

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, 47th Vice President of the United States[3] U.S. Senators Dick Durbin, U.S. Senator (IL) and Senate Minority Whip[4] Al Franken, former U.S. Senator (MN)[5] Kamala Harris, U.S. Senator (CA)[6] Amy Klobuchar, U.S. Senator (MN)[5] Ed Markey, U.S. Senator (MA)[7] Tom Udall, U.S. Senator (NM)[8] Elizabeth Warren, U.S. Senator (MA)[9] Brian Schatz, U.S. Senator (HI)[60] Individuals Amy Schumer, actress[61] Jeff Bridges, actor[62] Newspapers Billings Gazette[63] Missoulian[64] Local and statewide politicians Steve Bullock, Governor of Montana[10] Organizations Communications Workers of America[65] Council for a Livable World[11] End Citizens United[12] Feminist Majority Political Action Committee [66] League of Conservation Voters Action Fund [13] NARAL Pro-Choice America[14] National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare[67] National Education Association[68] National Wildlife Federation Action Fund Population Connection[69]

Matt Rosendale (R)

U.S. Executive Branch officials Donald Trump, 45th President of the United States[34] Mike Pence, 48th Vice President of the United States[70] National Security Adviser John R. Bolton[35] U.S. Senators Ted Cruz (TX)[36] Steve Daines (MT)[71] Cory Gardner (CO)[72] Lindsey Graham, (SC)[73] Mike Lee (UT)[36] Rand Paul (KY)[74] U.S. Representatives Ron Marlenee (former)[37] Greg Gianforte (MT-AL)[71] District Judges Russell Fagg, former Yellowstone County District Judge and 2018 Senate Primary Challenger[75] State Senators Steve Hinebauch[37] David Howard[37] Frederick Moore[37] Ryan Osmundson[37] Daniel Salomon[37] Cary Smith[37] Chas Vincent[37] Roger Webb[37] Al Olszewski State Representative Nancy Ballance[37] Dan Bartel[37] Bob Brown[37] Alan Doane[37] Kelly Flynn[37] Terry Gauthier[37] Edward Greef[37] Steve Gunderson[37] Bill Harris[37] Adam Hertz[37] Greg Hertz[37] Mike Hopkins[37] Austin Knudsen, Speaker of the Montana House of Representatives[37] Jon Knokey[37] Casey Knudsen[37] Denley Loge[37] Theresa Manzella[37] James O'Hara[37] Adam Rosendale[37] Nicholas Schwaderer (former)[37] Jeremy Trebas[37] Sue Vinton[37] Peggy Webb[37] Daniel Zolnikov[37] Individuals Rick Breckenridge his Libertarian opponent in this election.[76] Steve Bannon, former White House Chief Strategist and executive chair of Breitbart News[38] Troy Downing, veteran and 2018 Senate challenger[77] Mark Levin, lawyer, author, and radio personality[78] Donald Trump Jr., businessman and son of U.S. President Donald Trump[79] Alvin "A.J." Not Afraid, chairman of the Crow Tribe[80] Organizations CatholicVote.org[39] Citizens United Political Victory Fund Club for Growth[40] Senate Conservatives Fund[41] Great America Alliance[42] FreedomWorks[43] National Right to Life[81] U.S. Chamber of Commerce[82] Tea Party Express[83] Americans for Prosperity[84] Montana Shooting Sports Association[85] National Rifle Association[86] National Organization for Marriage[87]

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of October 17, 2018
Candidate (party)	Total receipts	Total disbursements	Cash on hand
Jon Tester (D)	$19,499,290	$17,946,600	$1,612,530
Matt Rosendale (R)	$5,034,075	$4,515,910	$524,379
Rick Breckenridge (L)	-	-	-
Source: Federal Election Commission[88]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Jon Tester (D)	Matt Rosendale (R)	Rick Breckenridge (L)	Other	Undecided
The Trafalgar Group (R)	November 2–5, 2018	953	± 3.2%	50%	49%	–	1%	0%
HarrisX	November 1–5, 2018	500	± 4.4%	50%	42%	–	–	–
Change Research	November 2–4, 2018	879	–	46%	49%	3%	–	–
HarrisX	October 31 – November 4, 2018	500	± 4.4%	49%	43%	–	–	–
HarrisX	October 30 – November 3, 2018	500	± 4.4%	49%	43%	–	–	–
HarrisX	October 29 – November 2, 2018	500	± 4.4%	50%	42%	–	–	–
HarrisX	October 28 – November 1, 2018	500	± 4.4%	49%	42%	–	–	–
HarrisX	October 27–31, 2018	500	± 4.4%	49%	42%	–	–	–
HarrisX	October 24–30, 2018	700	± 3.7%	48%	40%	–	–	–
Gravis Marketing	October 24–26, 2018	782	± 3.5%	48%	45%	–	–	7%
University of Montana	October 10–18, 2018	533	± 4.3%	49%	39%	2%	–	10%
Montana State University Billings	October 8–13, 2018	471	± 4.5%	47%	38%	3%	–	12%
Montana State University Bozeman	September 15 – October 6, 2018	2,079	± 2.2%	46%	43%	3%	2%	7%
Public Policy Polling (D-Protect Our Care)	September 28, 2018	594	± 4.0%	49%	45%	–	–	6%
Gravis Marketing	September 19–22, 2018	710	± 3.7%	49%	45%	–	–	6%
Axis Research (R-NRSC)	September 17–19, 2018	–	± 4.5%	44%	44%	4%	–	8%
AARP/Benenson Strategy Group (D)	September 6–16, 2018	950	± 3.1%	50%	43%	–	2%	5%
CBS News/YouGov	September 10–14, 2018	453	–	47%	45%	–	3%	5%
University of Montana	August 13–31, 2018	466	± 4.5%	56%	32%	2%	–	9%
WPA Intelligence (R-NRSC)	August 20–22, 2018	600	± 4.0%	45%	47%	–	–	5%
Remington Research (R)	July 8–10, 2018	2,581	± 2.0%	49%	46%	–	–	5%
SurveyMonkey/Axios	June 11 – July 2, 2018	974	± 5.0%	55%	43%	–	–	3%
Gravis Marketing	June 11–13, 2018	469	± 4.5%	52%	44%	–	–	4%

Results

United States Senate election in Montana, 2018[89]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Jon Tester (incumbent)	253,876	50.33%	+1.75%
	Republican	Matt Rosendale	235,963	46.78%	+1.92%
	Libertarian	Rick Breckenridge	14,545	2.88%	-3.68%
Total votes			504,384	100.00%	N/A
	Democratic hold

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External links

• Candidates at Vote Smart
• Candidates at Ballotpedia
• Campaign finance at FEC
• Campaign finance at Center for Responsive Politics

Official campaign websites

• Matt Rosendale (R) for Senate
• Jon Tester (D) for Senate