2008 Montana Gubernatorial Election

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Who won the 2008 Montana Gubernatorial Election?

Brian Schweitzer won the 2008 Montana Gubernatorial Election. Brian Schweitzer received 318,670 popular votes (65.47%). The main challenger was Roy Brown (32.52%).

See the full head-to-head between Schweitzer and Brown

Schweitzer +32.9 pts · won by 160,402 votes
318,670 votes
158,268 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 2.0% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote totals for governor elections are compiled from official state results (via Wikipedia); Louisiana shows the decisive round of its jungle primary.

Data last verified July 28, 2026.