In 2022, two term-limited Senators filed to run for the House: Montana’s limits are also chamber-specific, meaning that while a term-limited senator cannot seek re-election to the Senate, he or she can file to run in the House and vice versa. These are not lifetime limits, meaning legislators can run again after spending the requisite amount of time out of office. In Montana, one of 15 states with state legislative term limits, legislators can serve eight years in office during any 16-year period. Overall, term limits accounted for 75% of the open districts in Montana in 2022, the largest percentage since 2014. In addition to the 30 term-limited legislators, 10 other incumbents did not file for re-election, one in the Senate and nine in the House. In the House, 18 of the 100 districts up for election (18%) were left open due to term limits. Montana’s term limits had the largest effect on the state Senate where they left 12 of the 25 districts holding elections (48%) open. These laws guarantee open districts on a regular basis since those incumbents are barred from running. Thirty incumbent state legislators in Montana-24% of those with expiring terms-were ineligible to file for re-election in 2022 because of the state’s term limit laws. Information below was calculated on April 13, 2022, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time. The following analysis covers all state legislative districts up for election in Montana in 2022. Montana state legislative competitiveness, 2014-2022 For more information about Ballotpedia's competitiveness analysis of state legislative elections, please click here.
These totals include data from all regularly-scheduled House and Senate elections. This section contains data on state legislative primary election competitiveness in Montana. Primary election competitiveness See also: Primary election competitiveness in state and federal government, 2022 Thirteen incumbents are not on the ballot in 2022. One incumbent lost in the June 7 primaries. 12, 2022 Incumbents defeated in primary elections Incumbents who did not advance to the general election See also: Annual State legislative Competitiveness Report: Vol. Party control See also: Partisan composition of state senates and State government trifectas Party
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