Electoral history of Steve Bullock

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This is the electoral history of Steve Bullock, who served as Governor of Montana from 2013 to 2021. He previously served as the Attorney General of Montana from 2009 to 2013. Bullock sought the 2020 Democratic nomination for President, but ended his campaign before voting began. He was a candidate in the 2020 United States Senate election in Montana, losing to incumbent Steve Daines.

Montana Attorney General elections[edit]

2000[edit]

Montana Attorney General Democratic Primary, 2000[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mike McGrath 61,400 70.02%
Democratic Steve Bullock 26,291 29.98%
Total votes 87,691 100%

2008[edit]

Montana Attorney General Democratic Primary, 2008[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Steve Bullock 63,276 42.04%
Democratic Mike Wheat 54,859 36.45%
Democratic John Parker 32,362 21.50%
Total votes 150,497 100%
Montana Attorney General General Election, 2008[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Steve Bullock 245,669 52.64%
Republican Tim Fox 220,992 47.36%
Total votes 466,661 100%
Democratic hold

Montana gubernatorial elections[edit]

2012[edit]

Montana Gubernatorial Democratic Primary, 2012[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Steve Bullock/John Walsh 76,738 86.65%
Democratic Heather Margolis/Steve Nelsen 11,823 13.35%
Total votes 88,561 100%
Montana Gubernatorial General Election, 2012[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Steve Bullock/John Walsh 236,450 48.90%
Republican Rick Hill/Jon Sonju 228,879 47.34%
Libertarian Ron Vandevender/Marc Mulcahy 18,160 3.76%
Total votes 483,489 100%
Democratic hold

2016[edit]

Montana Gubernatorial Democratic Primary, 2016[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Steve Bullock/Mike Cooney (incumbent) 111,675 91.22%
Democratic Bill McChesney/Mike Anderson 10,744 8.78%
Total votes 122,419 100%
Montana Gubernatorial General Election, 2016[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Steve Bullock/Mike Cooney (incumbent) 255,933 50.25%
Republican Greg Gianforte/Lesley Robinson 236,115 46.36%
Libertarian Ted Dunlap/Ron Vandevender 17,312 3.39%
Total votes 509,360 100%
Democratic hold

2020 Democratic party presidential primaries[edit]

Despite ending his campaign before voting began, Bullock still appeared on the ballot in New Hampshire and Arkansas.

New Hampshire[edit]

2020 New Hampshire Democratic primary[8][9]
Candidate Votes % Delegates[a]
Bernie Sanders 76,355 25.6 9
Pete Buttigieg 72,445 24.3 9
Amy Klobuchar 58,774 19.7 6
Elizabeth Warren 27,428 9.2 0
Joe Biden 24,911 8.3 0
Tom Steyer 10,694 3.6 0
Tulsi Gabbard 9,745 3.3 0
Andrew Yang 8,312 2.8 0
Michael Bloomberg (write-in)[9] 4,777 1.6 0
Deval Patrick 1,266 0.4 0
Donald Trump (write-in Republican)[9] 1,219 0.4 0
Michael Bennet 984 0.3 0
Joe Sestak (withdrawn) 190 0.1 0
Cory Booker (withdrawn) 156 0.1 0
Kamala Harris (withdrawn) 129 0.0 0
Marianne Williamson (withdrawn) 99 0.0 0
Julián Castro (withdrawn) 83 0.0 0
John Delaney (withdrawn) 83 0.0 0
Steve Bullock (withdrawn) 64 0.0 0
Bill Weld (write-in Republican)[9] 16 0.0 0
Various minor candidates[b] 620 0.2 0
Other write-ins[c] 173 0.1 0
Total 298,523 100% 24

Arkansas[edit]

2020 Arkansas Democratic primary[11]
Candidate Votes % Delegates
Joe Biden 92,584 40.5 17
Bernie Sanders 51,117 22.4 9
Michael Bloomberg 38,212 16.7 5
Elizabeth Warren 22,860 10.0
Pete Buttigieg (withdrawn†) 7,674 3.4
Amy Klobuchar (withdrawn†) 7,027 3.1
Tom Steyer (withdrawn†) 2,072 0.9
Tulsi Gabbard 1,616 0.7
Kamala Harris (withdrawn) 736 0.3
Andrew Yang (withdrawn) 733 0.3
Michael Bennet (withdrawn) 597 0.3
Cory Booker (withdrawn) 594 0.3
Marianne Williamson (withdrawn) 521 0.2
Steve Bullock (withdrawn) 503 0.2
John Delaney (withdrawn) 465 0.2
Joe Sestak (withdrawn) 427 0.2
Mosie Boyd 417 0.2
Julian Castro (withdrawn) 328 0.1
Total 228,483 100.0 31

†Candidate withdrew after early voting started.

United States Senate election[edit]

2020[edit]

United States Senate Democratic Primary in Montana, 2020[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Steve Bullock 144,949 95.5%
Democratic John Mues 3,740 2.5%
Democratic Mike Knoles (withdrawn) 3,165 2.1%
Total votes 151,854 100.0%
United States Senate election in Montana, 2020[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Steve Daines (incumbent) 333,174 55.01% -2.78%
Democratic Steve Bullock 272,463 44.99% +4.92%
Total votes 605,637 100.00%
Republican hold

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2000 STATEWIDE PRIMARY CANVASS - JUNE 6, 2000" (PDF). Secretary of State of Montana. Secretary of State Mike Cooney. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
  2. ^ "2008 STATEWIDE PRIMARY CANVASS - JUNE 3rd, 2008" (PDF). Secretary of State of Montana. Secretary of State Brad Johnson. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
  3. ^ "2008 STATEWIDE GENERAL CANVASS - NOVEMBER 4th, 2008" (PDF). Secretary of State of Montana. Secretary of State Brad Johnson. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
  4. ^ "2012 STATEWIDE PRIMARY ELECTION CANVASS" (PDF). Secretary of State of Montana. Secretary of State Linda McCulloch. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
  5. ^ "2012 STATEWIDE GENERAL ELECTION CANVASS" (PDF). Secretary of State of Montana. Secretary of State Linda McCulloch. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
  6. ^ "2016 STATEWIDE PRIMARY ELECTION CANVASS" (PDF). Secretary of State of Montana. Secretary of State Linda McCulloch. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
  7. ^ "2016 STATEWIDE GENERAL ELECTION CANVASS" (PDF). Secretary of State of Montana. Secretary of State Linda McCulloch. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
  8. ^ "Results: New Hampshire 2020 Presidential Primary - Democratic President". New Hampshire Secretary of State. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
  9. ^ a b c d e "2020 Presidential Primary - Democratic Write-Ins (last update: 19:06 Feb.13)". New Hampshire Secretary of State. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
  10. ^ "Live Results: New Hampshire Primary". The New York Times. February 11, 2020. Archived from the original on February 14, 2020. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
  11. ^ "Arkansas Election Results 2020". PBS NewsHour. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  12. ^ "Montana U.S. Senate Primary Election Results". The New York Times. June 3, 2020. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
  13. ^ "Montana Federal Election Results". Montana Secretary of State. November 3, 2020. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
  1. ^ Number of pledged delegates towards the 2020 Democratic National Convention.[10]
  2. ^ Full results with all 16 minor candidates included available in the main article.
  3. ^ Other write-ins (173 votes) does not include Michael Bloomberg (4,777 votes), Donald Trump (1,219 votes) and Bill Weld (16 votes). Total number of all write-ins was 6,185 votes.[9]