2018 Clerk of the Montana Supreme Court election
# 2018 Clerk of the Montana Supreme Court election

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The 2018 Montana Supreme Court Clerk election was held on November 6, 2018 to elect the Clerk of the Montana Supreme Court. The election was part of the 2018 Montana elections.

Incumbent Democratic Clerk Ed Smith opted not to run for re-election. Republican Bowen Greenwood and Democrat Rex Renk won their respective primaries uncontested.

## Democratic primary

### Candidates

**Declared**

* Rex Renk, deputy clerk of the Montana Supreme Court

**Declined**

* Ed Smith, incumbent

### Results

Democratic primary results :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Democratic | Rex Renk | 95,361 | 100.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 95,361 | 100.0 |

## Republican primary

### Candidates

**Declared**

* Bowen Greenwood, communications director for the Montana Public Service Commission

### Results

Republican primary results :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Republican | Bowen Greenwood | 124,567 | 100.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 124,567 | 100.0 |

## General election

### Campaign

The campaign for the office was relatively low-profile compared to those for United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. Democratic nominee Rex Renk ran on his experience as deputy clerk, and argued that the office should be non-partisan, as the role is non-political. Republican nominee Bowen Greenwood agreed that the office's work is non-partisan but said that Montanans may want to elect someone who shares their values in non-partisan offices as well. Libertarian nominee Roger Roots said that he would work to "maximize the right of the individual" if elected.

Renk's campaign mascot was a Tyrannosaurus rex.

### Endorsements

**Statewide officials**

* Ed Smith, incumbent Clerk of the Montana Supreme Court

**Newspapers and other media**

* The Missoulian

**State legislators**

* Russell Fagg, district judge in Yellowstone County, Montana (1995–2017) and state representative from the 89th district (1991–1995)

### Results

2018 Montana Supreme Court Clerk election :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Republican | Bowen Greenwood | 247,130 | 51.45 | +51.45% |
| | Democratic | Rex Renk | 204,411 | 42.56 | -14.31% |
| | Libertarian | Roger Roots | 28,760 | 5.99 | -37.14% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 480,301 | 100.0 | N/A |
| | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic |
