Election Day with MTFP

We’d like to let you know what to expect from MTFP today as we report Montana’s 2024 election results. 

Today at noon we’ll launch an election-special homepage at montanafreepress.org featuring a dashboard of up-to-the-minute race results courtesy of our partners at the Associated Press. Those results will start rolling in after the polls close at 8 p.m. We’ll update a central all-race-results story throughout the evening, and also post key updates directly on our homepage. 

We plan to have reporters on-site at candidates’ election-night parties in Whitefish, Great Falls, Missoula and Bozeman. We’ll also keep in touch with election monitors and local election administrators to track any irregularities or snafus as the process unfolds.

Later in the evening, as results are released by county election offices, we’ll publish race-specific stories detailing known winners and also-rans as vote counts allow late into the night. We tentatively plan to cut off our reporter-written coverage at midnight, though the AP race results on the homepage will continue to be updated in real time all night. Then we’ll be back at our stations Wednesday morning to mop up any holdovers and provide status reports on any races that may remain too close to call. 

Finally, throughout the remainder of the week, we’ll publish stories on how the balance of power in the 2025 state Legislature has stacked up, how this year’s election played out administratively, and what the outcomes mean for Montana’s political identity. Additionally, on Thursday, our editors and reporters will host a free online Election 2024 Debrief from 5 to 6 p.m. (You can register to participate here.) 

Thanks for joining us. We hope our coverage will help you make sense of Montana’s history as we live it.