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Montana's 2020 election
Montana's 2020 election
The Montana Free Press guide
Democrat for Governor
Schreiner is a four-term representative who served in minority House leadership during the 2015 and 2017 legislative sessions. He is termed-out of the House in 2020. Schreiner is a former science teacher who now serves as director of the Montana State Workforce Innovation Board. He announced he was ending his campaign Feb. 3, saying he wasn’t raising enough money to be competitive in the gubernatorial contest.

Key coverage in the race for Governor

Race profile: The statesman and the mogul

You’d be hard-pressed to identify prominent Montanans with more different resumes than the two major party candidates hoping to be elected Montana’s next governor this fall, succeeding term-limited Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock.

Montana Lowdown: Mike Cooney

Lt. Gov. Mike Cooney interviewed by MTFP Editor-In-Chief John Adams before the June 2020 primary

Montana Lowdown: Greg Gianforte

U.S. Rep. Greg Gianforte interviewed by MTFP Editor-In-Chief John Adams before the June 2020 primary

Shared State: Ep. 6 —  Desiring to improve the quality of life

What Montanans have to say about their search for opportunity — and how the platforms espoused by the candidates for governor fit into it

Shared State: Ep. 5 — The grandeur of our mountains and the vastness of our rolling plains

What do candidates mean when they say they’re “for access,” and does that political rhetoric match up with the issues Montanans are actually facing?

Shared State: Ep. 3 — Grateful to God

In Montana’s 2020 race for governor, the candidates’ views on the intersection of religion and policy could have implications for some hot-button legislation.

MTN News debate: Governor

Video of Gianforte and Cooney at their first debate Oct. 3

Montana PBS debate: Governor

Video of Gianforte and Cooney at their second debate Oct. 6
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Fundraising and campaign spending

As a state candidate, Schreiner files campaign finance reports with the Montana Commissioner of Political Practices. See the COPP Campaign Electronic Reporting System for official records. Data shown here is current through 10/14/2020.
$84,462
Total raised
$84,453
Total spending
$78,332
Itemized individual contributions
$390
From committees
$100
Self-financing
$5,640
Unitemized
Note: Self-financing includes candidate contributions and campaign loans. Prior to Jan. 17, 2019, these figures underreported fundraising for state candidates by omitting unitemized contributions. Unitemized contribution totals, which include small-dollar donations, are calculated here by subtracting itemized cash contributions from reported fundraising totals.

Contributions by zip code: Casey Schreiner (D)

84.5%
Portion of itemized fundraising from Montana donors
643
Itemized individual contributions
0
Number at $710 contribution limit
Note: Individual donors are limited to giving $710 per election to gubernatorial candidates and $360 per election to candidates for other statewide offices, with the primary and general contests counted as separate elections.


On the issues

No responses on file to questionnaire conducted before June primary. {ledeIn} All active candidates in the race were contacted repeatedly via phone numbers and emails included in election paperwork. Some didn't submit complete responses by deadline.

Stay tuned for more

We'll be updating this page with new information through Election Day in November 2020.

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