Suzzann Nordwick

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Suzzann Nordwick

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Suzzann Nordwick (Republican Party) ran for election to the Montana Public Service Commission to represent District 3. She lost in the Republican primary on June 4, 2024.

Nordwick also ran for election to the Montana State Senate to represent District 36. She did not appear on the ballot for the Republican primary on June 4, 2024.

Elections

2024

See also: Montana Public Service Commission election, 2024

General election

General election for Montana Public Service Commission District 3

Jeffrey Welborn defeated Leonard Williams in the general election for Montana Public Service Commission District 3 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jeffrey Welborn (R)	61.8	77,213
		Leonard Williams (D)	38.2	47,688

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 124,901
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Montana Public Service Commission District 3

Leonard Williams advanced from the Democratic primary for Montana Public Service Commission District 3 on June 4, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Leonard Williams	100.0	21,609

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 21,609
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Montana Public Service Commission District 3

Jeffrey Welborn defeated Suzzann Nordwick and Rob Elwood in the Republican primary for Montana Public Service Commission District 3 on June 4, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jeffrey Welborn	39.4	13,406
		Suzzann Nordwick	38.7	13,166
		Rob Elwood	21.8	7,422

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 33,994
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See also: Montana State Senate elections, 2024

General election

General election for Montana State Senate District 36

Sara Novak defeated Darlean Newman in the general election for Montana State Senate District 36 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sara Novak (D)	62.4	6,549
		Darlean Newman (R)	37.6	3,948

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 10,497
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Montana State Senate District 36

Sara Novak defeated Jessica Wicks in the Democratic primary for Montana State Senate District 36 on June 4, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sara Novak	63.5	2,412
		Jessica Wicks	36.5	1,385

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,797
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Montana State Senate District 36

Darlean Newman advanced from the Republican primary for Montana State Senate District 36 on June 4, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Darlean Newman	100.0	1,947

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,947
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Suzzann Nordwick (R)

Endorsements

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2022

See also: Montana House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Montana House of Representatives District 76

Incumbent Donavon Hawk defeated Suzzann Nordwick in the general election for Montana House of Representatives District 76 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Donavon Hawk (D)	62.8	3,135
		Suzzann Nordwick (R)	37.2	1,861

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,996
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Montana House of Representatives District 76

Incumbent Donavon Hawk advanced from the Democratic primary for Montana House of Representatives District 76 on June 7, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Donavon Hawk	100.0	1,878

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,878
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Montana House of Representatives District 76

Suzzann Nordwick advanced from the Republican primary for Montana House of Representatives District 76 on June 7, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Suzzann Nordwick	100.0	926

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 926
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2020

See also: Montana State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for Montana State Senate District 39

Mark Sweeney defeated Suzzann Nordwick and Gordon Pierson in the general election for Montana State Senate District 39 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mark Sweeney (D)	44.4	4,450
		Suzzann Nordwick (R)	43.0	4,306
		Gordon Pierson (Independent) (Write-in)	12.6	1,261

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 10,017
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Montana State Senate District 39

Mark Sweeney defeated Gordon Pierson in the Democratic primary for Montana State Senate District 39 on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mark Sweeney	54.6	1,905
		Gordon Pierson	45.4	1,584

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,489
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Montana State Senate District 39

Suzzann Nordwick advanced from the Republican primary for Montana State Senate District 39 on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Suzzann Nordwick	100.0	2,841

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,841
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2016

See also: Montana State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the Montana State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election was held on June 7, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was March 14, 2016.

Incumbent Gene Vuckovich defeated Suzzann Nordwick and Dick Motta in the Montana State Senate District 39 general election.

Montana State Senate, District 39 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Gene Vuckovich Incumbent	53.23%	4,686
	Republican	Suzzann Nordwick	39.69%	3,494
	Libertarian	Dick Motta	7.08%	623
Total Votes				8,803
Source: Montana Secretary of State

Incumbent Gene Vuckovich ran unopposed in the Montana State Senate District 39 Democratic primary.

Montana State Senate, District 39 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Democratic	Gene Vuckovich Incumbent (unopposed)

Suzzann Nordwick ran unopposed in the Montana State Senate District 39 Republican primary.

Montana State Senate, District 39 Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Suzzann Nordwick  (unopposed)

2014

See also: Montana House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the Montana House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 3, 2014, and a general election took place on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 10, 2014; minor party and independent candidates had until June 2, 2014, to file. District 85 incumbent Gordon Pierson defeated Douglas Shidler II in the Democratic primary. Suzzann Nordwick was unopposed in the Republican primary. Pierson defeated Nordwick in the general election. Incumbent Steve Gibson (R) ran in District 84.

Montana House of Representatives, District 78 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Gordon Pierson Incumbent	64.7%	1,857
	Republican	Suzzann Nordwick	35.3%	1,012
Total Votes				2,869

Montana House of Representatives, District 78 Democratic Primary, 2014

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Gordon Pierson Incumbent	80.1%	565
Douglas Shidler II	19.9%	140
Total Votes		705

Campaign themes

2024

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2022

Suzzann Nordwick did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Suzzann Nordwick did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2014

Nordwick's website highlighted the following campaign themes:

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Accountable Government Reasonable Regulations Privacy Rights Gun Rights Property Rights Parental Rights Balanced Budgets Simpler & Fairer Tax Codes Safe Natural Resource Development American Energy Independence Local Control of Education/Schools Increased Public Lands Access More Local Good Paying Jobs

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Suzzann Nordwick campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	Montana Public Service Commission District 3	Lost primary	$57,772	$0
2024*	Montana State Senate District 36	Withdrew primary	$105	$0
2022	Montana House of Representatives District 76	Lost general	$5,167	$0
2020	Montana State Senate District 39	Lost general	$3,346	N/A**
Grand total			$66,391	N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Republican National Convention

See also: Republican National Convention, 2016

Suzzann Nordwick
Republican National Convention, 2016
Status:	Delegate
State:	Montana
Bound to:	Donald Trump
Delegates to the RNC 2016
Calendar and delegate rules overview • Types of delegates • Delegate rules by state • State election law and delegates • Delegates by state

Nordwick was a delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Montana. All 27 delegates from Montana were bound by state party rules to support Donald Trump at the convention. As of July 13, 2016, Trump had approximately 1,542 delegates. The winner of the Republican nomination needed the support of 1,237 delegates. Trump formally won the nomination on July 19, 2016.

Delegate rules

See also: RNC delegate guidelines from Montana, 2016 and Republican delegates from Montana, 2016

Delegates from Montana to the 2016 Republican National Convention were elected at the state convention in May 2016 and allocated to the winner of the statewide primary. Montana's delegates were bound on the first ballot unless their candidate's name was not placed in nomination at the convention.

Montana primary results

See also: Presidential election in Montana, 2016

Montana Republican Primary, 2016
Candidate	Vote %	Votes	Delegates
Donald Trump	73.7%	115,594	27
Ted Cruz	9.4%	14,682	0
John Kasich	6.9%	10,777	0
Jeb Bush	2.1%	3,274	0
Marco Rubio	3.3%	5,192	0
Other	4.7%	7,369	0
Totals		156,888	27
Source: The New York Times and Montana Secretary of State

Delegate allocation

See also: 2016 presidential nominations: calendar and delegate rules

Montana had 27 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, three were district-level delegates (representing the state's single congressional district), and 21 served as at-large delegates. Montana's district and at-large delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the plurality winner of the statewide primary vote received all of the state's district and at-large delegates.

In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention. The RNC delegates were required to pledge their support to the winner of the state's primary.

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Current members of the Montana State Senate

Leadership

Senate President:Matt Regier

Majority Leader:Tom McGillvray

Senators

District 1

Mike Cuffe (R)

District 2

Dave Fern (D)

District 3

Carl Glimm (R)

District 4

John Fuller (R)

District 5

Matt Regier (R)

District 6

Mark Noland (R)

District 7

Greg Hertz (R)

District 8

Susan Webber (D)

District 9

Bruce Gillespie (R)

District 10

Jeremy Trebas (R)

District 11

Daniel Emrich (R)

District 12

Wendy McKamey (R)

District 13

Joshua Kassmier (R)

District 14

Russel Tempel (R)

District 15

Gregg Hunter (R)

District 16

Jonathan Windy Boy (D)

District 17

Bob Phalen (R)

District 18

Kenneth Bogner (R)

District 19

Barry Usher (R)

District 20

Sue Vinton (R)

District 21

Gayle Lammers (R)

District 22

Daniel Zolnikov (R)

District 23

Emma Kerr-Carpenter (D)

District 24

Mike Yakawich (R)

District 25

Dennis Lenz (R)

District 26

Tom McGillvray (R)

District 27

Vince Ricci (R)

District 28

Forrest Mandeville (R)

District 29

John Esp (R)

District 30

Cora Neumann (D)

District 31

Pat Flowers (D)

District 32

Denise Hayman (D)

District 33

Christopher Pope (D)

District 34

Shelley Vance (R)

District 35

Tony Tezak (R)

District 36

Sara Novak (D)

District 37

Derek Harvey (D)

District 38

Becky Beard (R)

District 39

Wylie Galt (R)

District 40

Laura Smith (D)

District 41

Janet Ellis (D)

District 42

Mary Dunwell (D)

District 43

Jason Ellsworth (R)

District 44

Theresa Manzella (R)

District 45

Denley Loge (R)

District 46

Jacinda Morigeau (D)

District 47

Ellie Boldman (D)

District 48

Andrea Olsen (D)

District 49

Willis Curdy (D)

District 50

Shane Morigeau (D)

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