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Robert Barb
Robert Barb (Green Party) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Montana. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Elections
2024
See also: United States Senate election in Montana, 2024
General election
General election for U.S. Senate Montana
Tim Sheehy defeated incumbent Jon Tester, Sid Daoud, and Robert Barb in the general election for U.S. Senate Montana on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Tim Sheehy (R) | 52.6 | 319,682 |
 | Jon Tester (D) | 45.5 | 276,305 | |
 | Sid Daoud (L)  | 1.2 | 7,272 | |
| Robert Barb (G) | 0.7 | 4,003 | ||
| Total votes: 607,262 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Michael Downey (G)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Montana
Incumbent Jon Tester defeated Michael Hummert in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Montana on June 4, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jon Tester | 97.0 | 104,279 |
 | Michael Hummert | 3.0 | 3,272 | |
| Total votes: 107,551 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. Senate Montana
Tim Sheehy defeated Brad Johnson and Charles A. Walking Child in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Montana on June 4, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tim Sheehy | 73.6 | 139,857 |
 | Brad Johnson | 19.4 | 36,926 | |
 | Charles A. Walking Child | 7.0 | 13,229 | |
| Total votes: 190,012 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Thomas Madigan (R)
- Matt Rosendale (R)
- Jeremy Mygland (R)
Green primary election
Green primary for U.S. Senate Montana
Michael Downey defeated Robert Barb in the Green primary for U.S. Senate Montana on June 4, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Michael Downey | 62.4 | 679 | |
| Robert Barb | 37.6 | 410 | ||
| Total votes: 1,089 | |||
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Libertarian primary election
The Libertarian primary election was canceled. Sid Daoud advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. Senate Montana.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Devin Braaten (L)
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Barb in this election.
2020
See also: Montana gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2020
Montana gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2020 (June 2 Republican primary)
Montana gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2020 (June 2 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for Governor of Montana
Greg Gianforte defeated Mike Cooney, Lyman Bishop, and Chris Hall in the general election for Governor of Montana on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Greg Gianforte (R) | 54.4 | 328,548 |
 | Mike Cooney (D) | 41.6 | 250,860 | |
 | Lyman Bishop (L) | 4.0 | 24,179 | |
 | Chris Hall (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 21 | |
| Total votes: 603,608 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Robert Barb (G)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Governor of Montana
Mike Cooney defeated Whitney Williams in the Democratic primary for Governor of Montana on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mike Cooney | 54.9 | 81,527 |
 | Whitney Williams | 45.1 | 67,066 | |
| Total votes: 148,593 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Casey Schreiner (D)
- Reilly Neill (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Governor of Montana
Greg Gianforte defeated Tim Fox and Albert Olszewski in the Republican primary for Governor of Montana on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Greg Gianforte | 53.4 | 119,247 |
 | Tim Fox | 27.3 | 60,823 | |
 | Albert Olszewski | 19.3 | 43,080 | |
| Total votes: 223,150 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Gary Perry (R)
- Corey Stapleton (R)
- Peter Ziehli (R)
Green primary election
Green primary for Governor of Montana
Robert Barb advanced from the Green primary for Governor of Montana on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Robert Barb | 100.0 | 713 | |
| Total votes: 713 | |||
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Libertarian primary election
The Libertarian primary election was canceled. Lyman Bishop advanced from the Libertarian primary for Governor of Montana.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Ron Vandevender (L)
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Robert Barb did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.\
Campaign website
Barb’s campaign website stated the following:
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MY COMMITMENT TO PEACE, JUSTICE, AND HUMAN RIGHTS Palestine deserves a two-state solution. I am committed to a peaceful, just, and sustainable resolution to the Israeli occupation of traditional Palestinian lands. I stand against the notion of Israeli’s settler colonialism and the apartheid state they’ve created. All people in the Middle East have the right to live in peace and security, free from occupation, oppression and fear. Ceasefire Now. I condemn the civilian deaths Hamas committed on October 7, 2023, but we must also condemn the atrocities that continue to be committed on a daily basis by Israel against the Palestinian people in Gaza. More than 34,000 people (and likely much higher) – most of them children and women – have been killed in Gaza. The killing MUST stop, and that will only happen if the United States government forces Israel to agree to a ceasefire. Both Jon Tester and Steve Daines have refused to support a ceasefire, and the conflict with Iran has now only thrown additional gas on a raging fire. I am holding Jon Tester accountable now because he is on the November ballot, and Montana has an opportunity to make a change. One of Jon Tester’s greatest failures is his inaction on the continued Israeli assault on Gaza, and his refusal to support a ceasefire. I’m running for the United States Senate to provide an alternative for the hundreds of thousands of Montanans who want to see an end to the Israeli occupation of Gaza and an end to war. We need to get United States’ politics, taxpayer dollars, and human suffering of our military personnel (and their families) out of the Middle East conflict, which is largely based on thousands of years of religious conflict. We are NEVER going to resolve religious, tribal-based conflicts around the world, so what are we doing? We have a lot of problems at home in our country, which should be our priority and focus. MY COMMITMENT TO DECRIMINALIZE CANNABIS Voters around the United States have made it clear that recreational use of cannabis should be legal – cannabis remains fully illegal in only four states. It’s time for the federal government to follow the will of the people to decriminalize cannabis use at the federal level as well. Jon Tester is one of the chief impediments to cannabis legalization in the United States Senate over the next six years. At least Senator Daines has started to recognize the changing tide in cannabis policy through the Safe Banking Act, but Jon Tester can and should decriminalize it now. We must also have JUSTICE for Americans convicted of the possession, cultivation, or sale of cannabis. Those incarcerated for these crimes should be released, and their convictions stricken from their criminal records. MY COMMITMENT TO THE ENVIRONMENT We have lost our way as a nation and world in understanding our ecological footprint. Jon Tester’s record on protecting the environment is lackluster to say the least. One of the core tenets of the Green Party is ecological wisdom, which is ignored by both our major political parties. I’m the only one in the race for United States Senate who despite all the talk, truly walks the walk – literally, every day. I have lived “off the grid” in the mountains of Western Montana for decades in concert with the environment and with a minimalist footprint. I mostly hunt and fish, and I grow most of my own food. I live very simply and don’t rely on government sponsored corporate welfare like Jon Tester has done for years – Jon has received more than $280,000 dollars in federal subsidies for his farm. MY GREEN PARTY OPPONENT IS A PAWN FOR JON TESTER In researching my opponent in the upcoming primary, it is clear that my opponent is nothing but a political plant for Jon Tester. He and his wife have a history of supporting Democrat party leaders and funding their campaigns. For example, they have supported every Democrat gubernatorial candidate in the past 20 years. Like Jon Tester, they too make a living off “mining” the government for money – he is a bureaucrat, and she is a career lobbyist. Meanwhile, I am equally critical of both political parties.[1] |
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| —Robert Barb’s campaign website (2024)[2] | ||
2020
Robert Barb did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ ROBERT BARB for UNITED STATES SENATE, “Home,” accessed August 4, 2024
