The 1928 Montana gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 1928. Incumbent
Governor of Montana
The governor of Montana is the head of government of MontanaMontana Constitution, Article VI, Section 4. and the commander-in-chief of the U.S. state, state's Montana National Guard, military forces. The governor has a duty to enforce state laws, ...
John E. Erickson, who was first elected governor in
1924
Events
January
* January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after.
* January 20– 30 – Kuomintang in China hol ...
, ran for re-election. Erickson only narrowly won the
Democratic primary against future Governor
Roy E. Ayers
Roy Elmer Ayers (November 9, 1882May 23, 1955) was a U.S. Democratic politician. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives and as the 11th Governor of Montana. He was the first governor of Montana to be born in what wo ...
, and advanced to the general election, where he was opposed by
U.S. Attorney
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Wellington D. Rankin
Wellington D. Rankin (September 16, 1884 – June 4, 1966) was a Republican public official from the state of Montana.
He was born Wellington Duncan Rankin on September 16, 1884 in Missoula, Montana, the son of John and Olive (née Pickeri ...
, the former
Attorney General of Montana
The Montana Department of Justice is a state law enforcement agency of Montana. The Department is equivalent to the State Bureau of Investigation in other states.
The Montana Attorney General, currently Republican Austin Knudsen, heads the agen ...
. Although
Herbert Hoover
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carried the state in a
landslide
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in the
presidential election that year, Erickson won re-election to his second term as governor in a landslide over Rankin.
Democratic primary
Candidates
*
John E. Erickson, incumbent
Governor of Montana
The governor of Montana is the head of government of MontanaMontana Constitution, Article VI, Section 4. and the commander-in-chief of the U.S. state, state's Montana National Guard, military forces. The governor has a duty to enforce state laws, ...
*
Roy E. Ayers
Roy Elmer Ayers (November 9, 1882May 23, 1955) was a U.S. Democratic politician. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives and as the 11th Governor of Montana. He was the first governor of Montana to be born in what wo ...
, former
Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court of Montana
Results
Republican primary
Candidates
*
Wellington D. Rankin
Wellington D. Rankin (September 16, 1884 – June 4, 1966) was a Republican public official from the state of Montana.
He was born Wellington Duncan Rankin on September 16, 1884 in Missoula, Montana, the son of John and Olive (née Pickeri ...
,
U.S. Attorney
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for the District of Montana and former
Attorney General of Montana
The Montana Department of Justice is a state law enforcement agency of Montana. The Department is equivalent to the State Bureau of Investigation in other states.
The Montana Attorney General, currently Republican Austin Knudsen, heads the agen ...
*Lee Dennis, former chairman of the Montana Railroad and Public Service Commission
*W. J. Paul, former
state senator
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Description
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*J. W. Walker
Results
General election
Results
References
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Montana
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Gubernatorial
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1928
Events January
* January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving the existence of DNA.
* January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhanov, J ...
November 1928 events in the United States