DemocratNot in office · last served 2020Last on a ballot: Nov 2016
Steve Bullock and Mike Cooney
Last held office: Governor of Montana (2016–2020). Ran in 5 elections between 1976 and 2016, winning 5.
- Last margin
- +3.9
- Won 2016
- Elections
- 5
- 1976–2016
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records
Career
Offices held, and every time Cooney was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.
19761980198419881992199620002004200820122016202020242028Montana House of Representatives, District 83Montana State Senate, District 26Montana State Senate, District 40Governor of Montana
Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Every race Cooney has run
Baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year. Running ahead of it means Cooney won voters the party’s presidential nominee did not; primaries have no baseline.
| Year | Office | Stage | Result | Opponents | Share | Margin | Baseline | Against baseline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Governor of Montana | General | Won | Greg Gianforte and Lesley Robinson (R), Ted Dunlap and Ron Vandevender (L) | 50.2% | D+3.9 | R+22.2 | |
| 2006 | Montana State Senate, District 40 | General | Won | Bob Leach (R) | 68.2% | D+36.4 | — | |
| 2002 | Montana State Senate, District 26 | General | Won | Mary Jo Fox (R) | 68.1% | D+36.2 | — | |
| 1978 | Montana House of Representatives, District 83 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — | — | |
| 1976 | Montana House of Representatives, District 83 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — | — |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Cooney has held
- Governor of Montana · 2016–2020
- Montana State Senate, District 40 · 2006–2010
- Montana State Senate, District 26 · 2002–2006
- Montana House of Representatives, District 83 · 1976–1980
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Cooney has run against
- Greg Gianforte and Lesley Robinson (R) · 2016 election, won
- Bob Leach (R) · 2006 election, won
- Mary Jo Fox (R) · 2002 election, won
Source: 99chambers results archive