2020 Montana Attorney General election

The 2020 Montana Attorney General election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the Attorney General of the U.S. state of Montana. 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. Austin Knudsen defeated Jon Bennion in the Republican primary and defeated Democrat Raph Graybill in the general election by over 14 points.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Austin Knudsen, Roosevelt County Attorney, and former speaker of the Montana House of Representatives

Eliminated in primary

Jon Bennion, chief deputy Attorney General

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Raph Graybill, chief legal counsel to Governor Steve Bullock

Eliminated in primary

Kimberly Dudik, state representative

Withdrawn

Jim Cossitt, bankruptcy attorney

Declined

John Morrison, former Montana State Auditor

Results

Green primary

Candidates

Disqualified

Roy Davis

Results

General election

Predictions

Fundraising

Polling

Results

References

Notes

External links

Official campaign websites

Raph Graybill (D) for Attorney General

Austin Knudsen (R) for Attorney General

Attorney General

Montana

Montana Attorney General elections