The 2020 Montana Attorney General election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the Attorney General of the U.S. stateofMontana. Incumbent Republican Montana Attorney General Tim Fox was re-elected in 2016 with 67.7% of the vote. Fox was term-limited and was ineligible to run for re-election. Fox decided to run for the Governor of Montana election, losing the nomination to Greg Gianforte.[1] Austin Knudsen defeated Jon Bennion in the Republican primary and defeated Democrat Raph Graybill in the general election by over 14 points.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Austin Knudsen | 116,113 | 59.8% | |
Republican | Jon Bennion | 78,161 | 40.2% | |
Total votes | 194,274 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Raph Graybill | 79,772 | 57.1% | |
Democratic | Kimberly Dudik | 59,963 | 42.9% | |
Total votes | 139,735 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Green | Roy Davis | 748 | 100.0% | |
Total votes | 748 | 100.0% |
Source | Ranking | As of |
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The Cook Political Report[9] | Tossup | June 25, 2020 |
Campaign finance reports as of October 14, 2020 | |||
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Candidate (party) | Total receipts | Total disbursements | Cash on hand |
Raph Graybill (D) | $725,288 | $650,110 | $75,178 |
Austin Knudsen (R) | $400,167 | $359,831 | $40,336 |
Source:[10] |
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Austin Knudsen (R) |
Raph Graybill (D) |
Other |
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Raph Graybill[1][A] | Released September 3, 2020 | – | – | 38% | 38% | 20% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Austin Knudsen | 348,322 | 58.51% | 9.16 | |
Democratic | Raph Graybill | 247,025 | 41.49% | 9.16 | |
Total votes | 595,347 | 100.00% | |||
Republican hold |