1972 Montana gubernatorial election

none related races 1972 United States gubernatorial elections January 2025 September 2023 1972 Montana gubernatorial election Montana 1905 presidential no 1968 Montana gubernatorial election 1968 1976 Montana gubernatorial election 1976 November 7, 1972 Thomas Lee Judge File:Elect Tom Judge Governor (cropped).jpg Democratic Party (United States) 172,523 54.12% File:3x4.svg 150x150px Ed Smith Republican Party (United States) 146,231 45.88% 1972 Montana gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 300px County resultsAnderson: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80%Smith: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% #c21b18 80–90% Governor Forrest H. Anderson Democratic Party (United States) Thomas Lee Judge Democratic Party (United States) 84.60%1.80https://sosmt.gov/elections/voter-turnout/ Montana Voter Turnout Montana Secretary of State 22 February 2018 2022-05-26 The 1972 Montana gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 1972. Incumbent Governor of Montana Forrest H. Anderson, who was first elected in 1968, declined to seek re-election. Thomas Lee Judge, the lieutenant governor of Montana, won a competitive Democratic primary, and moved on to the general election, where he faced Ed Smith, a rancher and the Republican nominee. Although President Richard Nixon won the state in a landslide in that year's presidential election, Judge managed to handily defeat Smith, winning his first of two terms as governor. Democratic primary Candidates David E. Burnham Dick Dzivi, majority leader of the Montana Senate Dallas E. Howard Thomas Lee Judge, lieutenant governor of Montana Eva Levengood Shunkwiler Results Democratic Party primary resultshttp://sos.mt.gov/Elections/archives/1970s/1972/1972_Primary_Statewide.pdf Report of the Official Canvass of the Vote Cast at the Primary Election Held in the State of Montana and of the Vote Cast at the Separate Election for Ratification or Rejection of the Proposed Constitution, June 6, 1972 Montana Secretary of State July 5, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20130615084751/http://sos.mt.gov/Elections/archives/1970s/1972/1972_Primary_Statewide.pdf 2013-06-15 dead Thomas Lee Judge Democratic Party (United States) 75,917 59.87 Dick Dzivi Democratic Party (United States) 38,639 30.47 Eva Levengood Shunkwiler Democratic Party (United States) 5,707 4.50 Dallas E. Howard Democratic Party (United States) 4,255 3.36 David E. Burnham Democratic Party (United States) 2,276 1.80 126,794 100.00 Republican primary Candidates Frank Dunkle, former director of the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks, former state senator Warren McMillan Tom A. Selstad, businessman Ed Smith, rancher Results Republican primary results Ed Smith Republican Party (United States) 39,552 40.65 Frank Dunkle Republican Party (United States) 37,375 38.41 Tom A. Selstad Republican Party (United States) 18,046 18.55 Warren McMillan Republican Party (United States) 2,331 2.40 97,304 100.00 General election Results Montana gubernatorial election, 1972https://archive.org/stream/reportofofficial1972montrich#page/n1/mode/2up Report of the Official Canvass of the Votes Cast at the General Election Held in the State of Montana, November 7, 1972 1970 Montana Secretary of State July 5, 2014 Democratic Party (United States) Thomas Lee Judge 172,523 54.12% +7.58% Republican Party (United States) Ed Smith 146,231 45.88% +4.01% 26,292 8.25% -3.99% 318,754 Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) References Montana Gubernatorial 1972