1928 Montana gubernatorial election

The 1928 Montana gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 1928. Incumbent Governor of Montana John E. Erickson, who was first elected governor in 1924, ran for re-election. Erickson only narrowly won the Democratic primary against future Governor Roy E. Ayers, and advanced to the general election, where he was opposed by U.S. Attorney Wellington D. Rankin, the former Attorney General of Montana. Although Herbert Hoover carried the state in a landslide in the presidential election that year, Erickson won re-election to his second term as governor in a landslide over Rankin.

Candidates

 * John E. Erickson, incumbent Governor of Montana
 * Roy E. Ayers, former [[List of justices of the Montana Supreme Court|Associate Justice of the

Supreme Court of Montana]]

Candidates

 * Wellington D. Rankin, U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana and former Attorney General of Montana
 * Lee Dennis, former chairman of the Montana Railroad and Public Service Commission
 * W. J. Paul, former state senator
 * J. W. Walker