The 1984 Montana gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 1984. Incumbent
Governor of MontanaTed Schwinden, who was first elected in
1980, ran for re-election. Schwinden won the
Democratic primary against a perennial candidate, and moved on to the general election, where he faced Pat M. Goodover, a
State Senator and the
Republican nominee. Although then-President
Ronald Reagan won the state in a
landslide that year in the
presidential election, Schwinden defeated Goodover with over 70% of the vote to win his second and final term as governor. This was the last time that Democrats won a gubernatorial election in Montana until
2004.