2024 Montana Senate election

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2024 Montana Senate election
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  2022 November 5, 2024 (2024-11-05)2026 

25 seats in the Montana Senate
26 seats needed for a majority
 
Leader Jason Ellsworth Pat Flowers
Party Republican Democratic
Leader sinceJanuary 2, 2023January 2, 2023
Leader's seat43rd32nd
Last election3416
Current seats3416
Seats neededSteady2.svgIncrease2.svg 10

2024 Montana Senate election results map.svg
Map of the incumbents:
     Democratic incumbent
     Republican incumbent
     Republican and Democratic incumbent
     New Seat
     No election

Incumbent Senate President

Jason Ellsworth
Republican



The 2024 Montana Senate election will be held on November 5, 2024, alongside the 2024 United States elections. [1]

Contents

This will be the first election under new legislative lines adopted by an independent, bipartisan commission in 2023. [2]

Retirements

Fifteen incumbents will not seek re-election. [1]

Democrats

  1. District 16: Mike Fox is retiring to run for State House.
  2. District 25: Jen Gross is term-limited.
  3. District 37: Ryan Lynch is retiring.
  4. District 38: Edith McClafferty is term-limited.
  5. District 46: Shannon O'Brien is retiring to run for Superintendent of Public Instruction.

Republicans

  1. District 3: Keith Regier is term-limited.
  2. District 7: Greg Hinkle is retiring.
  3. District 10: Steve Fitzpatrick is term-limited (run for State House).
  4. District 17: Mike Lang is term-limited.
  5. District 18: Steve Hinebauch is term-limited.
  6. District 21: Jason Small is term-limited.
  7. District 28: Brad Molnar is retiring to run for Public Service Commission.
  8. District 35: Walt Sales is retiring.
  9. District 36: Jeffrey Welborn is term-limited (running for Public Service Commission).
  10. District 47: Daniel Salomon is term-limited.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Montana State Senate elections, 2024". Ballotpedia . Retrieved May 23, 2024.
  2. Arren Kimbel-Sannit (February 13, 2023). "Explaining the why and the where of Montana's new legislative districts". Montana Free Press.