2020 Montana Attorney General election
The 2020 Montana Attorney General election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the Attorney General of the U.S. state of Montana. Incumbent Republican Montana Attorney General Tim Fox was re-elected in 2016 with 67.7% of the vote. Fox was term-limited and was ineligible to run for re-election. Fox decided to run for the Governor of Montana election, losing the nomination to Greg Gianforte. Austin Knudsen defeated Jon Bennion in the Republican primary and defeated Democrat Raph Graybill in the general election by over 17 points.
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
- Austin Knudsen, Roosevelt County Attorney, and former speaker of the Montana House of Representatives
Eliminated in primary
- Jon Bennion, chief deputy Attorney General
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
- Raph Graybill, chief legal counsel to Governor Steve Bullock
Eliminated in primary
Withdrawn
- Jim Cossitt, bankruptcy attorney
Declined
- John Morrison, former Montana State Auditor
Green primary
Candidates
Disqualified
- Roy Davis