2024 Montana Attorney General election

See also: 2024 United States attorney general elections

The 2024 Montana Attorney General election was held on November 5, 2024, to elect the attorney general of the state of Montana. It coincided with the concurrent presidential election, as well as various state and local elections, including for U.S. Senate, U.S. House, and governor of Montana. Incumbent attorney general Austin Knudsen was re-elected to a second term, defeating Democratic challenger Ben Alke.^[1] Primary elections took place on June 4, 2024.^[2]

2024 Montana Attorney General election

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Nominee Austin Knudsen Ben Alke Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 352,682 237,928 Percentage 59.71% 40.29%

County results Congressional district results Knudsen:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Alke:      50–60%      60–70%

Attorney General before election Austin Knudsen Republican Elected Attorney General Austin Knudsen Republican

Republican primary

During a fundraiser on May 11, 2024, Knudsen said that he asked Logan Olson to contest the primary as a dummy candidate, for the purpose of allowing Knudsen's campaign to raise more money in accordance with state campaign finance laws. Olson denied these claims. The director of the Montana Democratic Party lodged an ethics complaint following this disclosure.^[3]

Candidates

Nominee

• Austin Knudsen, incumbent attorney general^[4]

Eliminated in primary

• Logan Olson, Daniels County Attorney^[5]

Results

Primary results by county:

  Knudsen

•   50–60%
•   70–80%
•   80–90%
•   >90%

Republican primary results^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Austin Knudsen (incumbent)	148,458	82.20%
	Republican	Logan Olson	32,141	17.80%
Total votes			180,599	100.00%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Ben Alke, attorney^[7]

Results

Democratic primary results^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ben Alke	93,295	100.00%
Total votes			93,295	100.00%

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball[8]	Safe R	July 25, 2024

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Austin Knudsen (R)	Ben Alke (D)	Other	Undecided
Public Opinion Strategies (R)[9][A]	September 29 - October 1, 2024	500 (LV)	± 4.34%	53%	35%	2%[b]	11%
Public Opinion Strategies (R)[10][A]	June 11–13, 2024	500 (LV)	± 4.4%	55%	33%	–	12%

Results

2024 Montana Attorney General election^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Austin Knudsen (incumbent)	352,682	59.71%	+1.20
	Democratic	Ben Alke	237,928	40.29%	–1.20
Total votes			590,610	100.00%
	Republican hold

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Blaine (largest municipality: Chinook)

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Lewis and Clark (largest municipality: Helena)

By congressional district

Knudsen won both congressional districts.^[12]

District	Knudsen	Alke	Representative
1st	56%	44%	Ryan Zinke
2nd	64%	36%	Matt Rosendale (118th Congress)
			Troy Downing (119th Congress)

Notes

1. Key:
   A – all adults
   RV – registered voters
   LV – likely voters
   V – unclear
2. "Won't Vote" with 1%; "Refused" with 1%

Partisan clients

1. Poll sponsored by the Montana Republican Party