2012 Montana gubernatorial election


The 2012 Montana gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 2012, to elect the Governor of Montana. Incumbent Democratic Governor Brian Schweitzer was term-limited and could not run for re-election to a third term.
Montana Attorney General Steve Bullock won the Democratic primary with 87% of the vote and former U.S. Representative Rick Hill won the Republican primary with 34% of the vote. In the general election, Bullock won by 7,571 votes, taking 48.9% of the vote to Hill's 47.3%. Due to the close margin, media outlets did not call the race for Bullock until the next day.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Results

General election

Candidates

Polling


Hypothetical polling		-------

With Bohlinger

Results

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