2020 Montana Secretary of State election

The 2020 Montana Secretary of State election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the secretary of state of the U.S. state of Montana. Incumbent Republican Montana Secretary of State Corey Stapleton was elected in 2016 with 55.5% of the vote. Stapleton announced he would not seek re-election, instead running unsuccessfully in the Republican primary for the open U.S. House seat in Montana.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Christi Jacobsen, chief of staff to Montana Secretary of State Corey Stapleton

Eliminated in primary

• Bowen Greenwood, clerk for the Montana State Supreme Court
• Brad Johnson, Montana Public Service Commissioner and former Montana Secretary of State (2005–2009)
• Kurt Johnson
• Forrest Mandeville, state representative
• Scott Sales, president of the Montana State Senate

Declined

• Corey Stapleton, incumbent Montana Secretary of State

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

• Bryce Bennett, state senator

Results

General election

Predictions

Polling

Results

By county

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Gallatin (largest city: Bozeman)

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Lewis and Clark (largest city: Helena)
• Roosevelt (largest city: Wolf Point)

See also

• 2020 Montana elections
• 2020 United States presidential election in Montana
• 2020 Montana gubernatorial election
• 2020 United States Senate election in Montana
• 2020 United States House of Representatives election in Montana

References

Notes

External links

Official campaign websites

• Bryce Bennett (D) for Secretary of State
• Christi Jacobsen (R) for Secretary of State