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Year

Election

Date

Registered Voters

Total Votes Cast

1964

Primary (Presidential)

June 2, 1964

33,322

23,260
(69.8%)

General (Presidential)

Nov. 3, 1964

39,226

34,401
(87.7%)

1966

Primary

Aug. 16, 1966

37,027

16,427
(44.3%)

General

Nov. 8, 1966

40,298

30,696
(76.17%)

1968

Primary (Presidential)

June 4, 1968

35,317

22,212
(62.89%)

General (Presidential)

Nov. 5, 1968

40,523

34,677
(85.5%)

1970

Primary

June 2, 1970

38,215

17,316
(45.31%)

General

Nov. 3, 1970

41,623

30,600
(73.51%)

1972

Primary (Presidential)

June 6, 1972

41,375

25,413
(61.4%)

General (Presidential)

Nov. 7, 1972

50, 735

41,132
(81.07%)

1974

Primary

June 4, 1974

42,843

15,441
(36%)

General

Nov. 5, 1974

47,581

29,091
(61.14%)

Study Commissioner Special

Nov. 5, 1974

34,785

20,154
(57.94%)

1976

Primary (Presidential)

June 1, 1976

54,178

24,208
(44.6%)

Alternate Form of Government

Sept. 14, 1976

City:
42,146
County:
56,636

City:
14,756
(35%)
County:
19,709
(34.8%)

General (Presidential)

Nov. 2, 1976

62,052

44,763
(72.14%)

1977

Special Primary

Feb. 8, 1977

45,580

15,499
(33.69%)

Special General

Apr. 5, 1977

46,479

22,902
(49%)

1978

Primary

June 6, 1978

50,725

21,876
(43%)

General

Nov. 7, 1978

55,399

36,985
(67%)

1980

Primary (Presidential)

June 3, 1980

62,424

27,816
(56%)

General (Presidential)

Nov. 4, 1980

67,669

48,906
(72%)

1981

Primary (City - Billings)

Sept. 15, 1981

33,446

4,662
(14%)

Primary (City - Laurel)

Sept. 15, 1981

2,564

1,041
(40%)

General (City - Billings)

Nov. 3, 1981

33,623

11,353
(34%)

General (City - Laurel)

Nov. 3, 1981

2,605

955
(37%)

1982

Primary

June 8, 1982

54,002

23,072
(43%)

General

Nov. 2, 1982

59,519

40,691
(68%)

1983

Primary (City - Billings)

Sept. 13, 1983

39,965

2,827
(7%)

General (City - Billings)

Nov. 8, 1983

39,961

12,251
(31%)

General (City - Laurel)

Nov. 8, 1983

3,026

1,115
(36%)

1984

School Dist. #2

May 15, 1984

55,767

12,901
(24%)

Primary (Presidential)

June 5, 1984

64,660

25,834
(40%)
Absentee:
1,288

General (Presidential)

Nov. 6, 1984

72,449

54,796
(76%)
Absentee:
5,906

1985

School Dist. #2

April 2, 1985

43,398

16,153
(38%)
Absentee:
385

School Dist. #2

May 21, 1985

48,250

13,014
(27%)
Absentee:
283

School Dist. #2

July 16, 1985

48,801

25,428
(52%)
Absentee:
2,054

Primary (City - Billings)

Sep. 10, 1985

40,146

1,594
(4%)
Absentee:
70

General (City - Billings)

Nov. 5, 1985

40,267

12,339
(31%)
Absentee:
328

General (City - Laurel)

Nov. 5, 1985

2,855

1,086
(38%)

1986

School Dist. #2

April 1, 1986

49,625

14,721
(33%)
Absentee:
319

Primary

June 3, 1986

57,467

12,027
(21%)
Absentee:
425

General

Nov. 4, 1986

61,640

43,807
(71%)
Absentee:
3,144

1987

School Dist. #2

April 7, 1987

48,156

6,369
(14%)
Absentee:
125

School Dist. #2

June 2, 1987

53,804

9,337
(18%)
Absentee:
118

Primary (City - Billings)

Sep. 15, 1987

45,152

4,141
(9%)
Absentee:
159

General (City - Billings)

Nov. 3, 1987

45,347

7,995
(18%)
Absentee:
264

1988

School Dist. #2

April 5, 1988

54,898

9,539
(18%)
Absentee:
109

Primary (Presidential)

June 7, 1988

64,799

24,520
(38%)
Absentee:
1,528

General (Presidential)

Nov. 8, 1988

69,868

51,754
(74%)
Absentee:
6,115

1989

School Dist. #2

April 4, 1989

45,439

7,587
(17%)
Absentee:
67

Primary (City - Billings)

Sept. 12, 1989

38,450

9,929
(26%)
Absentee:
289

General (City - Billings)

Nov. 7, 1989

39,420

15,316
(39%)
Absentee:
586

General (City - Laurel)

Nov. 7, 1989

2,844

1,140
(40%)

1990

School Dist. #2

April 3, 1990

41,816

3,436
(8%)
Absentee:
49

Primary

June 5, 1990

54,926

18,391
(33.5%)
Absentee:
816

General

Nov. 6, 1990

60,507

43,864
(72%)
Absentee:
3,426

1991

City of Billings Special

Jan. 29, 1991

44,473

9,604
(22%)
Absentee:
266

School Dist. #2

April 2, 1991

52,960

15,564
(30%)
Absentee:
312

Primary (City - Billings)

Sept. 10, 1991

44,772

2,015
(5%)
Absentee:
108

General (City - Billings)

Nov. 5, 1991

45,084

3,636
(8%)
Absentee:
180

General (City - Laurel)

Nov. 5, 1991

3,199

330
(11%)

1992

School Dist. #2

April 7, 1992

49,876

17,132
(35%)

Primary (Presidential)

June 2, 1992

66,138

28,652
(44%)
Absentee:
1,450

General (Presidential)

Nov. 3, 1992

73,024

57,628
(78%)
Absentee:
6,828

1993

School Dist. #2 - Trustee

April 6, 1993

45,578

7,110
(15%)
Absentee:
165

Special - Sales Tax

June 8, 1993

60,178

40,307
(67%)
Absentee:
2,938

Special - Metra Bond (Mail Ballot)

Oct. 26, 1993

62,619

33,244
(53%)

General (City - Billings)

Nov. 2, 1993

45,366

5,871
(12%)
Absentee:
214

General (City - Laurel)

Nov. 2, 1993

3,227

637
(19%)

1994

School Dist. #2

April 5, 1994

49,771

18,044
(36%)
Absentee:
299

Primary

June 7, 1994

65,204

25,860
(39%)
Absentee:
1,319

General

Nov. 8, 1994

70,018

47,872
(68.37%)
Absentee:
4,889

1995

School Dist. #2 Elementary

April 4, 1995

55,104

29,559
(17.8%)
Absentee:
203

High School #2

 

61,182

10,808
(17.6%)

School Dist. #26

 

3,052

590
(9.6%)

School Dist. #2 Special Levy

June 6, 1995

61,881

13,308
(21.5%)
Absentee:
306

General (City - Billings)

Nov. 7, 1995

53,278

4,154
(7.7%)
Absentee:
143

General (City - Laurel)

Nov. 7, 1995

3,862

525
(13.6%)
Absentee:
13

General (Town - Broadview)

Nov. 7, 1995

95

49
(51.5%)
Absentee:
1

1996

School Dist. #2
Elementary

April 2, 1996

58,261

22,650
(19.4%)
Absentee:
226

High School #2

 

64,916

12,770
(9.6%)

School Dist. #26

 

3,354

886
(13.2%)

School Dist. #2 Special Levy

May 21, 1996

65,454

14,044
(22.6%)
Absentee:
339

Primary - Presidential

June 4, 1996

76,401

26,342
(34.47%)
Absentee:
1,526

General - Presidential

Nov. 5, 1996

80,134

56,886
(70.98%)
Absentee:
7,510

1997

School Dist. #2
Elementary

April 1, 1997

44,000

6,188
(7%)
Absentee:
103

High School #2 (A)

 

2,620

353
(13.4%)

School Dist. #2 Special Levy

May 13, 1997

50,457

12,489
(24.75%)
Absentee:
243

Primary (City - Billings)

Sept. 9, 1997

42,528

6,862
(16.1%)
Absentee:
242

Primary (City - Laurel)

Sept. 9, 1997

3,216

1,012
(31%)
Absentee:
31

General (City - Billings)

Nov. 4, 1997

43,975

13,276
(30.19%)
Absentee:
594

General (City - Laurel)

Nov. 4, 1997

3,303

1,340
(40.57%)
Absentee:
50

General (Town - Broadview)

Nov. 4, 1997

87

37
(43%)
Absentee:
0

1998

School Dist. #2
Elementary

April 7, 1998

47,306

9,572
(21%)

High School Levy

 

53,905

11,121
(21%)
Absentee:
1,488

High School #2 (B)
Trustee

 

3,753

876
(24%)

Primary

June 2, 1998

63,853

13,449
(21.06%)
Absentee:
775

General

Nov. 3, 1998

67,565

44,363
(65.66%)
Absentee:
4,070

1999

School Dist. #2 Elementary

April 6, 1999

52,204

4,500
(8.6%)
Absentee:
130

School Dist. #26

 

3,151

132
(4.19%)

School Dist. #2
Elementary Levy

 

52,599

7,011
(13.3%)
Absentee:
89

School Dist. #2
High School Levy

 

56,886

7,608
(13.4%)

School Dist. #26
Special Levy

 

3,187

375
(11.77%)

General (City - Billings)

Nov. 2, 1999

50,883

14,624
(28.74%)
Absentee:
459

General (City - Laurel)

Nov. 2, 1999

3,958

507
(12.81%)
Absentee:
13

General (Town- Broadview)

Nov. 2, 1999

98

24
(24.49%)
Absentee:
0

2000

Cedar Park Sub
Water/Sewer

Mar. 15, 2000

145

84
(57.9%)
Absentee:
0

School Dist #2

May 2, 2000

51,978

9,075
(17.5%)
Absentee:
176

Primary (Presidential)

June 6, 2000

61,955

25,089
(40.5%)
Absentee:
1,878

General (Presidential)

Nov. 7, 2000

68,097

57,975
(60.52%)
Absentee:
12,163

2001

Lockwood
Water/Sewer

Feb. 7, 2001

2,575

1,046
(40.62%)

School Dist. #2

May 8, 2001

51,933

12,001
(23.11%)
Absentee:
326

City General

Nov. 6, 2001

48,525

15,775
(32.3%)
Absentee:
1085

2002

School Dist. #2

May 7, 2002

68,046

13,729
(23.59%)
Absentee:
436

Primary

June 4, 2002

85,097

18,023
(21.18%)
Absentee:
1300

General

Nov. 5, 2002

88,162

48,097
(54.56%)
Absentee:
10,565

2003

School

May 6, 2003

64,885

15,276
(21.8%)
Absentee:
469

Lockwood Water/Sewer
(Mail Ballot)

May 22, 2003

2,739

1,334
(48.7%)

City Primary

Sept. 9, 2003

45,925

4,846
(11.26%)
Absentee:
321

City General

Nov. 4, 2003

49,814

11,688
(26.07%)
Absentee:
1,041

Laurel City Primary

 

2,945

297
(10.08%)

Town of Broadview

 

78

14
(17.9%)

Lockwood Water/Sewer

 

2,318

990
(42.71%)

2004

Lockwood Water/Sewer

Feb. 4, 2004

2,377

1,644
(69.2%)

School Dist. 2 (Mail Ballot)

Mar. 24, 2004

55,013

34,728
(63.13%)

School Dist. 2

May 4, 2004

61,041

10,714
(17.55%)
Absentee:
541

Primary

June 8, 2004

85,477

31,293
(36.61%)
Absentee:
3,246

General

Nov. 2, 2004

91,652

66,769
(72.85%)
Absentee:
18,331

Lockwood Water/Sewer
(Mail Ballot)

Dec. 16, 2004

2,985

1,228
(41%)

Custer Water/Sewer
(Mail Ballot)

 

80

49
(61%)

2005

School

May 3, 2005

20,730

1,112
(5.36%
Absentee:
34

School (Elementary & High School)

August 2, 2005

52,057

8,661
(15.69%)
Absentee:
556

City Primary

September 13, 2005

50,268

11,161
(20.20%)
Absentee:
1,179

City General

November 8, 2005

66,895

21,875 (32.70%)
Absentee:
2,989

2006

School

May 2, 2006

75,798

16,577
(21.87%)
Absentee:
1,972

Primary

June 6, 2006

89,008

29,918
(33.61%)
Absentee:
5,866

General

November 7, 2006

92,179

59,616
(64.67%)
Absentee:
22,269

2007

School

May 8, 2007

87,118

25,147
(28.87%)
Absentee:
11,006

City Primary

September 11, 2007

No Primary

No Primary

City General
(Mail Ballot)

November 6, 2007

54,370

28,396
(52.23%)

Lockwood Water/Sewer

November 6, 2007

3,780

357
(9.4%)

2008

School (Mail Ballot)

May 6, 2008

59,152

28,059
(47.44%)

Primary

June 8, 2008

94,485

37,187
(39.36%)
Absentee:
21,819

General

November 4, 2008

98,833

71,204
(72.04%)
Absentee:
37,970

2009

School (Mail Ballot)

May 9, 2009

18,224

7,202
(39.5%)

Primary (Mail Ballot)

September 15, 2009

54,211

20,966
(38.673%)

General (Mail Ballot)

November 3, 2009

57,696

24,832
(43.04%)

2010

School (Mail Ballot)

May 4, 2010

66,427

35,378
(53.26%)

Primary

June 8, 2010

76,680

33,209
(43.31%)
Absentee:
28,912

School District #2 (special)

September 7, 2010

67,347

30,427
(45.18%)

General

November 2, 2010

79,100

52,451
(66.31%)
Absentee:
38,924

2011

School (Mail Ballot)

May 3, 2011

17,276

8,002
(46.32%)

Primary

Cancelled

 

 

General (Mail Ballot)

November 8, 2011

49,526

31,406
(63.41%)

2012

School

May 8, 2012

64,149

38,518
(60.04%)

Primary

June 5, 2012

90,138

35,115
(38.96%)
Absentee:
33,799

General

November 6, 2012

95,589

69,923
(73.15%)
Absentee:
56,044

2013

 

School (Mail Ballot)

May 7, 2013

75,719

41,617
(54.96%

City General (Mail Ballot)

November 5, 2013

65,757

36,745
(55.88%)

2014

 

School (Mail Ballot)

May 6, 2014

25,896

9,408
(36.33%)

Primary

June 3, 2014

94,416

34,261
(36.29%)
Absentee:
33,185

General

November 4, 2014

95,808

52,741
(55.05%)

2015

 

School (Mail Ballot)

May 5, 2015

20,508

7,516
(36.65%)

Special Jail Levy (Mail Ballot)

June 9, 2015

64,417

34,207
(53.10%)

Municipal Primary (Mail Ballot)

September 15, 2015

43,573

18,707
(42.93%)

Municipal General ( Mail Ballot)

November 3, 2015

47,718

24,666
(51.69%)

2016

 

School (Mail Ballot)

May 3, 2016

57,899

35,417
(61.17%)

Primary

June 7, 2016

90,890

43,081
(47.40%)

Absentee:
40,036

General

November 8, 2016

96,465

71,871
(74.50%)

Absentee:
59,693

2017

School (Mail Ballot)

May 2, 2017

84,098

41,275
(49.08%)

Special Congressional

May 25, 2017

97,061

54,066
(55.70%)

Absentee:
49,462

Municipal Primary (Mail Ballot)

September 12, 2017

55,840

24,242
(43.41%)

Municipal General (Mail Ballot)

November 7, 2017

78,792

42,056
(53.38%)

Elder Grove School Bond (Mail Ballot)

December 12, 2017

2,259

1,363
(60.34)

2018

School (Mail Ballot)

May 8, 2018

14,971

7,393
(49.38%)

Primary

June 5, 2018

94,846

40,945
(43.17%)

Absentee:
40,045

General

November 6, 2018

98,922

69,925
(70.69%)

Absentee:
61,771

2019

School (Mail Ballot)

May 7, 2019

90,258

40,839
(45.25%)

Primary

September 10, 2019

56,161

18,160
(32.34%)

General

November 5, 2019

73, 457

28,035
(38.17%)

2020

Primary (Mail Ballot)

June 2, 2020

96,228

52,864
(54.94%)

School (Mail Ballot)

July 7, 2020

71,632

31,786
(44.37%)

City Special Election (Mail Ballot)

September 15, 2020

69,603

31,365
(45.06%)

General (Mail Ballot)

November 3, 2020

104,277

84,969
(81.48%)

2021

School & Special Election (Mail Ballot)

May 4, 2021

28,650

8,469
(29.56%)

School Special Election Pioneer School (Mail Ballot)

September 14, 2021

720

347
(48.19%)

General (Mail Ballot)

November 2, 2021

101,017

48,709
(48.22%)

2022

School (Mail Ballot)

May 3, 2022

99,775

39,864
(39.95%)

Primary

June 7, 2022

103,382

46,895
(45.365%)

General

November 8, 2022

105,803

61,272
(57.92)