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Montana State Senate elections, 2000

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Elections for the office of Montana State Senate consisted of a primary election on June 6, 2000, and a general election on November 7, 2000.[1] Twenty-six seats were up for election.

Qualifications

To be eligible to serve in the Montana State Senate, a candidate must be:[2]

  • A resident of the state for at least one year next preceding the general election
  • A resident of the county for six months preceding the general election if it contains one or more districts or of the district if it contains all or parts of more than one county.

List of candidates

District 2

Democratic Party June 6 Democratic primary:
Republican Party June 6 GOP primary:
  • Tom Zook Approveda

November 7 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Shirley Baber Kapitzke: 2,174
Republican Party Tom Zook: 4,652 Green check mark transparent.png

District 3

Democratic Party June 6 Democratic primary:
Republican Party June 6 GOP primary:
  • Reiny Jabs Approveda

November 7 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Gerald Pease: 2,472
Republican Party Reiny Jabs: 2,677 Green check mark transparent.png

District 5

Democratic Party June 6 Democratic primary:
  • Ted Dinsmore Approveda
Republican Party June 6 GOP primary:

November 7 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Ted Dinsmore: 7,737 Green check mark transparent.png
Republican Party Royal C. Johnson: 3,084

District 6

Democratic Party June 6 Democratic primary:
Republican Party June 6 GOP primary:
  • Mike Sprague Approveda

November 7 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Kevin Justis: 2,978
Republican Party Mike Sprague: 3,889 Green check mark transparent.png

District 8

Democratic Party June 6 Democratic primary:
Republican Party June 6 GOP primary:
  • Bill Glaser Approveda

November 7 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Teresa Stroebe: 3,482
Republican Party Bill Glaser: 4,658 Green check mark transparent.png

District 10

Democratic Party June 6 Democratic primary:
Republican Party June 6 GOP primary:

November 7 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Bill Shikany: 4,005
Republican Party Corey Stapleton: 4,165 Green check mark transparent.png

District 15

Democratic Party June 6 Democratic primary:
  • Emily Swanson Approveda
Republican Party June 6 GOP primary:

November 7 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Emily Swanson: 3,853 Green check mark transparent.png
Republican Party Joe Barnett: 2,618

District 17

Democratic Party June 6 Democratic primary:
Republican Party June 6 GOP primary:
  • Bill Tash Approveda

November 7 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Marcia Fairhurst: 2,299
Republican Party Bill Tash: 6,470 Green check mark transparent.png

District 18

Democratic Party June 6 Democratic primary:
  • Debbie Bowman Shea Approveda
Republican Party June 6 GOP primary:

November 7 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Debbie Bowman Shea: 6,470 Green check mark transparent.png
Republican Party Holly Jordan: 2,299

District 19

Democratic Party June 6 Democratic primary:
  • Dan Harrington: 2,271 Approveda
  • Bob Kelleher: 499
  • Robert J. Pavlovich: 1,356
Republican Party June 6 GOP primary:
  • No candidates filed.
Reform Party June 6 Reform primary:
  • Dennis E. Sullivan, Jr. Approveda

November 7 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Dan Harrington: 5,673 Green check mark transparent.png
Reform Party Dennis E. Sullivan, Jr.: 1,330

District 22

Democratic Party June 6 Democratic primary:
  • Don Ryan Approveda
Republican Party June 6 GOP primary:

November 7 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Don Ryan: 3,696 Green check mark transparent.png
Republican Party John Wilson: 2,782

District 25

Democratic Party June 6 Democratic primary:
  • No candidates filed.
Republican Party June 6 GOP primary:

November 7 General election candidates:

Republican Party John Cobb Green check mark transparent.png

District 27

Democratic Party June 6 Democratic primary:
Republican Party June 6 GOP primary:
  • Chase Hibbard Approveda

November 7 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Ken Toole: 4,346 Green check mark transparent.png
Republican Party Chase Hibbard: 4,106

District 29

Democratic Party June 6 Democratic primary:
  • Bea McCarthy Approveda
Republican Party June 6 GOP primary:
  • No candidates filed.

November 7 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Bea McCarthy Green check mark transparent.png

District 30

Democratic Party June 6 Democratic primary:
Republican Party June 6 GOP primary:
  • Dale E. Berry Approveda

November 7 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Darrell Binkerd: 2,698
Republican Party Dale E. Berry: 6,242 Green check mark transparent.png
Libertarian Party Lowell Smith: 401

District 31

Democratic Party June 6 Democratic primary:
Republican Party June 6 GOP primary:

November 7 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Lisa Thompson: 4,251
Republican Party Fred Thomas: 6,507 Green check mark transparent.png
Libertarian Party Russell C. Vogel: 399

District 32

Democratic Party June 6 Democratic primary:
  • Vicki Cocchiarella Approveda
Republican Party June 6 GOP primary:
  • Allen Lee Approveda

November 7 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Vicki Cocchiarella: 6,173 Green check mark transparent.png
Republican Party Allen Lee: 4,067

District 35

Democratic Party June 6 Democratic primary:
Republican Party June 6 GOP primary:
  • Dale Mahlum Approveda

November 7 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Andrew F. Scott: 4,018
Republican Party Dale Mahlum: 5,717 Green check mark transparent.png

District 36

Democratic Party June 6 Democratic primary:
  • Jim Elliott Approveda
Republican Party June 6 GOP primary:

November 7 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Jim Elliott: 4,413 Green check mark transparent.png
Republican Party Greg Hinkle: 4,326

District 37

Democratic Party June 6 Democratic primary:
  • No candidates filed.
Republican Party June 6 GOP primary:

November 7 General election candidates:

Republican Party Mike Taylor Green check mark transparent.png

District 40

Democratic Party June 6 Democratic primary:
  • No candidates filed.
Republican Party June 6 GOP primary:
  • Bob DePratu Approveda

November 7 General election candidates:

Republican Party Bob DePratu Green check mark transparent.png

District 42

Democratic Party June 6 Democratic primary:
  • No candidates filed.
Republican Party June 6 GOP primary:

November 7 General election candidates:

Republican Party Jerry O'Neil Green check mark transparent.png

District 47

Democratic Party June 6 Democratic primary:
  • No candidates filed.
Republican Party June 6 GOP primary:
  • Ed Butcher: 1,964 Approveda
  • Larry Grinde: 1,714

November 7 General election candidates:

Republican Party Ed Butcher Green check mark transparent.png

District 48

Democratic Party June 6 Democratic primary:
  • No candidates filed.
Republican Party June 6 GOP primary:

November 7 General election candidates:

Republican Party Sam Kitzenberg Approveda

District 49

Democratic Party June 6 Democratic primary:
  • Linda J. Nelson Approveda
Republican Party June 6 GOP primary:
  • No candidates filed.

November 7 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Linda J. Nelson Green check mark transparent.png

District 50

Democratic Party June 6 Democratic primary:
  • No candidates filed.
Republican Party June 6 GOP primary:
  • Walter L. McNutt Approveda

November 7 General election candidates:

Republican Party Walter L. McNutt Green check mark transparent.png

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Montana Secretary of State, 2000 voter information pamphlet
  2. ↑ Montana Legislative Services, "Constitution of Montana," accessed March 6, 2014 (Referenced Art. V, Sec. 4)


Current members of the Montana State Senate
Leadership
Senate President:Matt Regier
Majority Leader:Tom McGillvray
Senators
District 1
District 2
Dave Fern (D)
District 3
District 4
District 5
District 6
District 7
District 8
District 9
District 10
District 11
District 12
District 13
District 14
District 15
District 16
District 17
District 18
District 19
District 20
District 21
District 22
District 23
District 24
District 25
District 26
District 27
District 28
District 29
John Esp (R)
District 30
District 31
District 32
District 33
District 34
District 35
District 36
District 37
District 38
District 39
District 40
District 41
District 42
District 43
District 44
District 45
District 46
District 47
District 48
District 49
District 50
Republican Party (32)
Democratic Party (18)


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