Sweet Grass County Election Results
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Sweet Grass County residents came in to the Big Timber Civic center to cast their votes this Tuesday. A table of the vote official vote count is shown below. To summarize, Sweet Grass County voted along party lines, with Republican candidates receiving about 75% of the votes- a wide margin.
The voters of Sweet Grass County did not agree with the voters of the state in several areas including
Sweet Grass County residents overwhelming were against prohibiting new game farms, prohibiting transfer of existing game farm licenses, and prohibiting shooting of game farm animals for a fee unlike the majority of Montanan's who voted for the initiative.
Although 83 % of the voters of Sweet Grass County voters are for George W. Bush, the presidential race is yet to be decided due to the vote recount in Florida. The vote in Florida is within 200 votes out of 6 million total votes for that state. This is history in the making with the popular vote count going toward Gore but the electoral vote may go to Bush pending the Florida count.
| Sweet Grass County Vote | % Vote | State of Montana | |
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For President |
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| George Bush (R) | 1450 | 83% |  Won Montana |
| Al Gore (D) | 305 | 17% | |
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US Senator |
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| Conrad Burns (R) | 1346 | 76% | State Winner |
| Brian Schweitzer (D) | 424 | 24% | |
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US Representative |
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| Dennis Rehberg (R) | 1292 | 72% | State Winner |
| Nancy Keenan (D) | 509 | 28% | |
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Montana Governor |
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| Judy Martz (R) | 1382 | 77% | State Winner |
| Mark O'Keefe (D) | 422 | 23% | |
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Secretary of State |
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| Bob Brown (R) | 1280 | 76% | State Winner |
| Hal Harper (D) | 404 | 24% | |
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Attorney General |
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| Jim Rice (R) | 1167 | 67% | |
| Mike McGrath (D) | 587 | 33% |  State Winner |
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State Auditor |
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| Joyce Schmidt (R) | 1114 | 67% | |
| John Morrison (D) | 555 | 33% | State Winner |
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Public Service Commission, District 2 |
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| Jay Stovall, (R) | 1269 | 75% | |
| Pat Dawson, (D) | 416 | 25% | |
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Superintendent of Public Instruction |
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| Elaine Sollie Herman (R) | 1033 | 62% | |
| Linda McCulloch, (D) | 626 | 38% | State Winner |
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Clerk of the Supreme Court |
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| Ed Smith, (D) | 918 | ||
| Allen Salveson, Jr., | 468 | ||
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Supreme Court Chief Justice |
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| Karla M. Gray | 1034 |  State Winner |
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| Terry N. Trieweiler | 673 | ||
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Supreme Court Justice #3 |
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| Pat Cotter | 728 | State Winner |
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| Chris Tweeten | 786 | ||
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District Court, District 6 Shall Judge Wm Nels Swandal of the 6th Judicial Dist.
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| Yes | 1408 | ||
| No | 276 | ||
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State Representative District 24 |
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| Robert R. Story Jr. (R) | 518 | 84% |  County Winner |
| Donna L. Dickey (D) | 99 | 16% | |
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State Representative District 25 |
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| John Esp, (R) | 967 | 82% | County Winner |
| Bruce R. Carroll, (D) | 170 | 14% | |
| Clayton Bryington (I) | 43 | 4% | |
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Sweet Grass County Commission District 3 |
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| Elaine K. Allestad, (R) | 1444 | County Winner |
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Constitutional Amendment 34 This measure authorizes the Board of Investments to invest no more than 25% of the workers compensation fund in the stock market. |
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| For | 868 |  State Winner |
| Against | 887 | |
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Montana's share of the nationwide settlement with the tobacco companies is expected to average $30 million annually for the next 25 years. Current law places settlement payments in the general fund. This initiative would reduce tobacco settlement funds going to the general fund by as much as $12 million annually For or Against Dedicating not less than 40% of the tobacco settlement to a trust fund for health care benefits, services, or coverage and tobacco disease prevention. |
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| For | 1270 |  State Winner |
| Against | 499 | |
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| Deanna Novotny | 1677 | County Winner |
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Legislative Referendum 115 Reduce the taxation of light vehicles and eliminating the sales tax on new motor vehicles |
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| For | 980 | State Winner |
| Against | 798 | |
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Legislative Referendum 116 Repeal state inheritance taxes |
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| For | 1321 | State Winner |
| Against | 454 | |
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Iniative No. 143 Prohibiting new game farms, prohibiting transfer of existing game farm licenses, and prohibiting shooting of game farm animals for a fee. |
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| For | 661 | State Winner |
| Against | 1123 | |