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1972 Montana Gubernatorial Election
The 1972 Montana gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 1972. Incumbent Governor of Montana Forrest H. Anderson, who was first elected in 1968, declined to seek re-election. Thomas Lee Judge, the Lieutenant Governor of Montana, won a competitive Democratic primary, and moved on to the general election, where he faced Ed Smith, a rancher and the Republican nominee. Although then-President Richard Nixon won the state in a landslide in that year's presidential election, Judge managed to handily defeat Smith, winning his first of two terms as governor. Democratic primary Candidates * Thomas Lee Judge, Lieutenant Governor of Montana *Dick Dzivi, Majority Leader of the Montana Senate *Eva Levengood Shunkwiler *Dallas E. Howard *David E. Burnham Results Republican primary Candidates *Ed Smith, rancher *Frank Dunkle, former Director of the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks, former State Senator *Tom A. Selstad, businessman *Warren McMillan Result ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Lee Judge
Thomas Lee Judge (October 12, 1934 – September 8, 2006) was an American politician who served as the 18th governor of Montana from 1973 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 25th lieutenant governor of Montana from 1969 to 1973. Biography Judge was born in Helena, Montana. He earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Notre Dame and did his graduate study at the University of Louisville. He graduated from the United States Army Adjutant General School at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana. Judge married Carol Anderson in 1966. The couple had two sons, Thomas Warren Judge and Patrick Lane Judge. The Judges, who were serving as governor and first lady of Montana, separated in the fall of 1979 and divorced during the winter of 1980. Judge then married his second wife, Suzan Koch, in 1981. Judge and Koch separated in 2003. Career Judge was a second lieutenant in the US Army and a captain in the US Army Adjutant General Corps ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
