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Live Montana 2024 election results: Trump expected to win
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Live Montana 2024 election results: Trump expected to win

ABC News expects Donald Trump to win Montana’s four electoral votes.

Voters across Montana went to the polls on Election Day to cast their votes in the presidential race, as well as in several rounds of voting for the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.

Further down the ballot, a key U.S. Senate race could determine which party controls the next term.

The polls closed at 8 p.m. local time.

State meaning

Montana is a reliably red state in the presidential election. This applied to former President Donald Trump in 2016 and 2020. Trump defeated President Joe Biden by 17 percentage points in the last presidential cycle.

The state is home to a high-stakes Senate race as Democrat Jon Tester looks to retain his seat in the deep-red state. He faces Republican candidate Tim Sheehy, a combat veteran and entrepreneur. The match is considered crucial for control of the room.

Voters will also determine the winners of two U.S. House seats.

Also on the ballot is a measure to amend the state constitution to provide protections for the right to make and carry out decisions about one’s pregnancy, including the right to an abortion.

Counties are colored red or blue when the percentage of expected votes reaches a certain threshold. This threshold varies by state and is based on patterns of past voting reporting and expectations of how the voting will report this year.