Election Name: | 2018 Montana Supreme Court Clerk election |
Country: | Montana |
Type: | presidential |
Previous Year: | 2012 |
Next Year: | 2024 |
Nominee1: | Bowen Greenwood |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 247,130 |
Percentage1: | 51.5% |
Nominee2: | Rex Renk |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 204,411 |
Percentage2: | 42.6% |
Nominee3: | Roger Roots |
Party3: | Libertarian Party (United States) |
Popular Vote3: | 28,760 |
Percentage3: | 6.0% |
Clerk of the Montana Supreme Court | |
Before Election: | Ed Smith |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | Bowen Greenwood |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 2018 Montana Supreme Court Clerk election was held on November 6, 2018 to elect the Clerk of the Montana Supreme Court. The election was part of the 2018 Montana elections.
Incumbent Democratic Clerk Ed Smith opted not to run for re-election. Republican Bowen Greenwood and Democrat Rex Renk won their respective primaries uncontested.[1]
The campaign for the office was relatively low-profile compared to those for United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. Democratic nominee Rex Renk ran on his experience as deputy clerk, and argued that the office should be non-partisan, as the role is non-political.[2] Republican nominee Bowen Greenwood agreed that the office's work is non-partisan but said that Montanans may want to elect someone who shares their values in non-partisan offices as well. Libertarian nominee Roger Roots said that he would work to "maximize the right of the individual" if elected.
Renk's campaign mascot was a Tyrannosaurus rex.[3]