2014 Montana Senate election

2014 Montana Senate election
November 4, 2014
25 out of 50 seats in the Montana Senate
26 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Jeff Essmann
(term-limited) 		Jon Sesso
Party Republican Democratic
Leader since January 7, 2013 January 5, 2013
Leader's seat District 28 District 37
Last election 29 21
Seats after 29 21
Seat change
President before election

Jeff Essmann
Republican

Elected President

Debby Barrett
Republican

The 2014 Montana Senate election was held on November 4, 2014, to determine which party would control the Montana Senate for the following two years in the 64th Montana legislature. Twentyfive out of 50 seats in the Montana Senate were up for election and the primary was held on June 3, 2014. Prior to the election, 29 seats were held by Republicans and 21 seats were held by Democrats. The general election saw neither party gain nor lose any seats, meaning Republicans maintained their majority in the State Senate.[1][2]

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
Governing[3] Likely R October 20, 2014

Retirements

Democrats

  1. District 8: Shannon Augare retired.
  2. District 11: Anders Blewett retired.
  3. District 12: Mitch Tropila was term-limited.
  4. District 32: Larry Jent was term-limited.
  5. District 49: David Wanzenried was term-limited.

Republicans

  1. District 4: Jon Sonju retired.
  2. District 5: Verdell Jackson was term-limited.
  3. District 29: Edward Walker retired.
  4. District 30: Jason Priest retired.
  5. District 34: Art Wittich retired.
  6. District 42: Dave Lewis was term-limited.

Closest races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

  1. District 49, 0.40%
  2. District 13, 2.18%
  3. District 11, 6.20%
  4. District 12, 7.38%
  5. District 42, 7.72% (gain)
  6. District 24, 8.02% (gain)

Results

District 1

District 1 election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Chas Vincent (incumbent) 5,583 77.02%
Democratic Terence Gill 1,666 22.98%
Total votes 7,249 100.0%
Republican hold

District 4

District 4 election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mark Blasdel 3,960 68.32%
Democratic Diane Taylor 1,836 31.68%
Total votes 5,796 100.0%
Republican hold

District 5

District 5 election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bob Keenan 5,129 73.93%
Democratic Daniel King 1,809 26.07%
Total votes 6,938 100.0%
Republican hold

District 8

District 8 election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lea Whitford 2,713 67.69%
Republican Liane Johnson 1,295 32.31%
Total votes 4,008 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 9

District 9 election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Llew Jones (incumbent) 5,647 75.82%
Democratic David Brownell 1,801 24.18%
Total votes 7,448 100.0%
Republican hold

District 11

District 11 election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Edward Buttrey (incumbent) 3,494 53.90%
Democratic Vonnie Brown 2,988 46.10%
Total votes 6,482 100.0%
Republican hold

District 12

District 12 election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mary Sheehy Moe 3,010 53.69%
Republican Sheridan Buck 2,596 46.31%
Total votes 5,606 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 13

District 13 election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Brian Hoven 2,385 51.09%
Democratic Carlie Boland 2,283 48.91%
Total votes 4,668 100.0%
Republican hold

District 14

District 14 election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Kris Hansen 4,080 56.07%
Democratic Greg Jergeson (incumbent) 3,196 43.93%
Total votes 7,276 100.0%
Republican gain from Democratic

District 19

District 19 election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Frederick Moore (incumbent) 5,222 68.17%
Democratic Bill McChesney 2,438 31.83%
Total votes 7,660 100.0%
Republican hold

District 20

District 20 election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Duane Ankney 6,279 81.27%
Democratic Hod O'Donnell 1,447 18.73%
Total votes 7,726 100.0%
Republican hold

District 22

District 22 election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Doug Kary 4,106 64.30%
Democratic Steven Fugate 2,280 35.70%
Total votes 6,386 100.0%
Republican hold

District 24

District 24 election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mary McNally 3,581 54.01%
Republican Tonya Shellnutt 3,049 45.99%
Total votes 6,630 100.0%
Democratic gain from Republican

District 27

District 27 election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Cary Smith 6,351 71.71%
Democratic Eric Johnson 2,506 28.29%
Total votes 8,857 100.0%
Republican hold

District 29

District 29 election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican David Howard 5,605 66.06%
Democratic Elli Elliott 2,879 33.94%
Total votes 8,484 100.0%
Republican hold

District 30

District 30 election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Nels Swandal 5,861 68.59%
Democratic Mary Murphy 2,684 31.41%
Total votes 8,545 100.0%
Republican hold

District 32

District 32 election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jedediah Hinkle 3,840 55.89%
Democratic Franke Wilmer 3,030 44.11%
Total votes 6,870 100.0%
Republican gain from Democratic

District 33

District 33 election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jennifer Pomnichowski 4,012 57.84%
Republican Bryan Rogan 2,474 35.66%
Libertarian Joan Stanley 451 6.50%
Total votes 6,937 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 34

District 34 election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Gordon Vance 4,518 69.71%
Democratic April Buonamici 1,963 30.29%
Total votes 6,481 100.0%
Republican hold

District 41

District 41 election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mary Caferro (incumbent) 5,888 100.0%
Total votes 5,888 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 42

District 42 election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jill Cohenour 4,028 53.86%
Republican Joe Dooling 3,451 46.14%
Total votes 7,479 100.0%
Democratic gain from Republican

District 43

District 43 election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Pat Connell 5,929 70.80%
Democratic Robert Schumacher 2,445 29.20%
Total votes 8,374 100.0%
Republican hold

District 48

District 48 election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Cynthia Wolken 3,528 57.67%
Republican Mike Hopkins 2,590 42.33%
Total votes 6,118 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 49

District 49 election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Diane Sands 3,933 50.20%
Republican Dick Haines 3,902 49.80%
Total votes 7,835 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 50

District 50 election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Tom Facey (incumbent) 6,020 100.0%
Total votes 6,020 100.0%
Democratic hold

References

  1. ^ "Montana State Senate elections, 2014". ballotpedia.org. Retrieved December 2, 2025.
  2. ^ "MONTANA SECRETARY OF STATE LINDA McCULLOCH 2014 LEGISLATIVE GENERAL ELECTION CANVAS" (PDF). sosmt.gov. Retrieved December 2, 2025.
  3. ^ Luzer, Daniel (October 20, 2014). "Only a Few 2014 Legislative Races Are Competitive". Governing. Retrieved December 2, 2025.
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