The 2008 Montana gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 2008, to elect the governor and lieutenant governor of the U.S. state of Montana. Incumbent governor Brian Schweitzer, a Democrat who was elected to his first four-year term in 2004, was elected to a second term with 65.5% of the vote. Incumbent lieutenant governor John Bohlinger, a Republican who was once again Schweitzer's running mate, was reelected to a second term. The Republican nominee was Roy Brown, a member of the Montana Senate. Brown's running mate was businessman Steve Daines, a future U.S. Representative and a future U.S. Senator.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Primary results

Libertarian primary

Candidates

General election

Predictions

Polling

Results

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Beaverhead (largest city: Dillon) • Broadwater (largest city: Townsend) • Custer (largest city: Miles City) • Daniels (largest city: Scobey) • Fallon (largest city: Baker) • Fergus (largest city: Lewistown) • Flathead (largest city: Kalispell) • Golden Valley (largest city: Ryegate) • Granite (largest city: Philipsburg) • Jefferson (largest city: Clancy) • Judith Basin (largest city: Stanford) • Liberty (largest city: Chester) • Lincoln (largest city: Libby) • Madison (largest city: Ennis) • McCone (largest city: Circle) • Phillips (largest city: Malta) • Pondera (largest city: Conrad) • Powell (largest city: Deer Lodge) • Prairie (largest city: Terry) • Ravalli (largest city: Hamilton) • Richland (largest city: Sidney) • Rosebud (largest city: Colstrip) • Dawson (Largest city: Glendive) • Mineral (Largest city: Superior) • Gallatin (largest city: Bozeman) • Chouteau (largest municipality: Fort Benton) • Sanders (largest city: Thompson Falls) • Stillwater (largest city: Columbus) • Teton (largest city: Choteau) • Toole (largest city: Shelby) • Wheatland (largest city: Harlowton) • Wibaux (largest city: Wibaux)