Brian Schweitzer Democratic Brian Schweitzer Democratic The 2008 Montana gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 2008, to elect the governor and lieutenant governor of the U.S. state of Montana.

Incumbent governor Brian Schweitzer, a Democrat who was elected to his first four-year term in 2004, was elected to a second term with 65.5% of the vote.

Incumbent lieutenant governor John Bohlinger, a Republican who was once again Schweitzer's running mate, was reelected to a second term.

The Republican nominee was Roy Brown, a member of the Montana Senate.

Brown's running mate was businessman Steve Daines, a future U.S. Representative and a future U.S.