Swanson (R), Bidegaray (D) win races for open seats on Montana Supreme Court

Cory Swanson, the Broadwater County Attorney, will be heading one county over to become the Chief Justice of the Montana Supreme Court, while district court Judge Katherine Bidegaray will replace outgoing justice Dirk Sandefur on the state’s highest court.

The Associated Press called both races shortly after 9 a.m. on Wednesday.

In the race to replace outgoing Montana Chief Justice Mike McGrath, Cory Swanson had taken and maintained a lead over Jeremiah Lynch early Wednesday morning. Swanson tallied 272,969 votes to Lynch’s 229,953.

“Thank you to all the Montanans who supported us and made this victory possible! I will work every day to reward your trust by delivering fair and impartial legal rulings, and removing partisanship from justice,” Swanson wrote in a post on Facebook.




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