2016_Montana_gubernatorial_election

2016 Montana gubernatorial election
Turnout	74.44%2.26
	Bullock: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%; Gianforte: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%; No votes
Governor before election; Steve Bullock; Democratic	Elected Governor ; Steve Bullock; Democratic

2016 Montana gubernatorial election

American state-level election

The 2016 Montana gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 2016, to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Montana, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to the United States Senate and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.

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Incumbent Democratic Governor Steve Bullock won re-election to a second term in office with 50.3% of the vote, defeating Republican Greg Gianforte, who later won Montana's Governorship in 2020 when Bullock was term-limited.

In the concurrent presidential election, Hillary Clinton lost Montana by more than 20%, with Bullock thus over-performing her vote share by more than 14% and her margin of defeat by more than 24%. This is the last time Democrats won any statewide election in Montana other than a U.S. Senate race. This is also the last time the winning gubernatorial and presidential candidates in Montana were of different political parties.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Steve Bullock (incumbent)	109,450	91.3%
	Democratic	Bill McChesney	10,486	8.7%
Total votes			119,936	100.0%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Greg Gianforte	109,882	76.4%
	Republican	Terry Nelson	33,987	23.6%
Total votes			143,869	100.0%

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report^[20]	Lean D	August 12, 2016
Daily Kos^[21]	Lean D	November 8, 2016
Rothenberg Political Report^[22]	Lean D	November 3, 2016
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[23]	Lean D	November 7, 2016
Real Clear Politics^[24]	Lean D	November 1, 2016
Governing^[25]	Tossup	October 27, 2016

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Steve Bullock (D)	Greg Gianforte (R)	Ted Dunlap (L)	Undecided
SurveyMonkey	November 1–7, 2016	449	± 4.6%	44%	46%	7%	3%
SurveyMonkey	October 31–November 6, 2016	410	± 4.6%	45%	44%	8%	3%
SurveyMonkey	October 28–November 3, 2016	403	± 4.6%	46%	46%	7%	1%
SurveyMonkey	October 27–November 2, 2016	376	± 4.6%	48%	43%	7%	2%
SurveyMonkey	October 26–November 1, 2016	385	± 4.6%	51%	41%	7%	1%
SurveyMonkey	October 25–31, 2016	405	± 4.6%	53%	39%	7%	1%
Mason-Dixon	October 10–12, 2016	1,003	± 3.2%	47%	45%	2%	6%
Montana State University Billings	October 3–10, 2016	590	± 4.0%	44%	32%	3%	20%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Steve Bullock (D)	Ryan Zinke (R)	Other	Undecided
Gravis Marketing	February 24–25, 2015	1,035	± 3%	44%	44%	—	11%
Gravis Marketing	November 24–25, 2014	836	± 3%	41%	49%	—	10%

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Steve Bullock (incumbent)	255,933	50.25%	+1.35%
	Republican	Greg Gianforte	236,115	46.35%	-0.99%
	Libertarian	Ted Dunlap	17,312	3.40%	-0.36%
Total votes			509,360	100.00%	N/A
	Democratic hold