Montana Secretaries of State, 1889-2022(May beincomplete!) LouisRotwitt 1889-97ThomasS. Hogan 1897-1901GeorgeM. Hays 1901-05AbrahamN. Yoder 1905-11ThomasM. Swindlehurst 1911-13AdelbertM. Alderson 1913-17CharlesT. Stewart 1917-22RobertN. Hawkins 1922-27WilliamPowers 1927-28JohnW. Mountjoy 1928WilfredE. Harmon 1929-32SamW. Mitchell 1933-55SteveC. Arnold 1955-57FrankMurray 1957-81JimWaltermire 1981-88VernerBertelsen 1988-89MikeCooney 1989-2001BobBrown 2001-05BradJohnson 2005-09LindaMcCulloch 2009-17CoreyStapleton 2017-21ChristiJacobsen 2021- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1896:ThomasS. Hogan (Populist), elected. 1911 Aug 6:AbrahamN. Yoder, died in office. 1911 Aug 26:ThomasM. Swindlehurst, appointed. 1922 Mar 4:CharlesT. Stewart, resigned. 1928 Nov 6:WilfredE. Harmon (Rep), elected;JohnW. Mountjoy (Dem), defeated. 1955 Jun 25:SamW. Mitchell, died in office. 1960 Jun 7:FrankMurray (Dem), nominated unopposed. 1960 Jun 7:AlbertE. Leuthold (Rep), nominated unopposed. 1960 Nov 8:FrankMurray (Dem), elected;AlbertE. Leuthold (Rep), defeated. 1988 Apr 8:JimWaltermire, died in office. 2004 Jun 8:BradJohnson (Rep), nominated. 2004 Nov 2:BradJohnson (Rep), elected. 2008 Jun 3:LindaMcCulloch (Dem), nominated unopposed. 2008 Jun 3:BradJohnson (Rep), nominated. 2008 Nov 4:LindaMcCulloch (Dem), elected;BradJohnson (Rep), elected;SieglindeSharbono (Constitution), defeated. 2012 Jun 5:LindaMcCulloch (Dem), nominated unopposed. 2012 Jun 5:BradJohnson (Rep), nominated;ScottAspenlieder (Rep), defeated in primary;PattyL. Lovaas (Rep), defeated in primary;DrewTuriano (Rep), defeated in primary. 2012 Jun 5:RogerRoots (Libertarian), nominated unopposed. 2012 Nov 6:LindaMcCulloch (Dem), elected;BradJohnson (Rep), defeated;RogerRoots (Libertarian), defeated. 2016 Nov 8:CoreyStapleton (Rep), elected;MonicaJ. Lindeen (Dem), defeated;RogerRoots (Libertarian), defeated. 2020 Jun 2:BryceBennett (Dem), nominated unopposed. 2020 Jun 2:ChristiJacobsen (Rep), nominated;ScottSales (Rep), defeated in primary;BradJohnson (Rep), defeated in primary;ForrestJ. Mandeville (Rep), defeated in primary;BowenGreenwood (Rep), defeated in primary;KurtJohnson (Rep), defeated in primary. 2020 Nov 3:ChristiJacobsen (Rep), elected;BryceBennett (Dem), defeated. | |
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