United States House of Representatives election in Montana, 2018

United States House of Representatives elections in Montana, 2018
November 6, 2018 (2018-11-06)

 
Nominee Greg Gianforte Kathleen Williams
Party Republican Democratic
U.S. Representative before election

Greg Gianforte
Republican

 Elected U.S. Representative

TBD

The 2018 United States House of Representatives election in Montana will be held on November 6, 2018, to elect the U.S. Representative from Montana's at-large congressional district. The election will coincide with other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Primary results

Results by county:
  Gianforte—100%
  Gianforte—>90%
Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Greg Gianforte (incumbent) 135,225 100
Total votes 135,225 100

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

  • John Heenan, attorney[2]
  • Grant Kier, former executive director of the Five Valleys Land Trust[3]
  • Jared Pettinato, attorney[4]
  • Kathleen Williams, former State Representative[5]

Withdrew

Primary results

Results by county:
  Williams—50–60%
  Williams—40–50%
  Williams—<40%
  Heenan—<40%
  Heenan—40–50%
  Heenan—50–60%
  Kier—<40%
  Kier—40–50%
Democratic primary results[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kathleen Williams 37,062 33.5
Democratic John Heenan 35,111 31.7
Democratic Grant Kier 26,812 24.2
Democratic Lynda Moss (withdrawn) 5,555 5.0
Democratic John Meyer 3,668 3.3
Democratic Jared Pettinato 2,431 2.2
Total votes 110,639 100

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Declared

  • Elinor Swanson, Attorney[9]

General election

Debates

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[10] Lean R July 10, 2018
Inside Elections/Rothenberg Political Report[11] Likely R December 15, 2017
Sabato's Crystal Ball[12] Lean R December 18, 2017

Endorsements

Greg Gianforte (R)
Federal politicians
Organizations
Kathleen Williams (D)
Federal politicians
Labor unions
Organizations

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin
of error		 Greg
Gianforte (R)		 Kathleen
Williams (D)		 Elinor
Swanson (L)		 Other Undecided
Gravis Marketing September 19–22, 2018 710 ± 3.7% 51% 42% – – 8%
AARP/Benenson Strategy Group (D) September 6–16, 2018 950 ± 3.1% 46% 45% – 1% 7%
University of Montana August 13–31, 2018 466 ± 4.5% 38% 51% 3% – 8%
Gravis Marketing June 11–13, 2018 469 ± 4.5% 43% 49% – – 8%

Results

Montana's at-large congressional district, 2018
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Kathleen Williams
Republican Greg Gianforte (incumbent)
Libertarian Elinor Swanson
Total votes

See also

References

  1. ↑ Michels, Holly K. (June 5, 2017). "Greg Gianforte files for re-election, extension for court appearance expected". Missoulian. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
  2. ↑ Michels, Holly K. (August 7, 2017). "Democratic Billings lawyer, business owner says he's running for Greg Gianforte's seat". Independent Record. Retrieved August 7, 2017.
  3. ↑ Michels, Holly K. (September 12, 2017). "Democrat jumps into primary for U.S. House race". Independent Record. Retrieved September 13, 2017.
  4. ↑ Drake, Phil (October 30, 2017). "Pettinato enters race for lone congressional seat". Great Falls Tribune. Retrieved October 30, 2017.
  5. ↑ Michels, Holly K. (October 26, 2017). "Former Bozeman legislator joins Democratic primary for Montana's U.S. House seat". Independent Record. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Moss Drops Out of Race for Montana's US House Seat - Flathead Beacon". Flathead Beacon. 2018-04-19. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
  7. ↑ Gazette, Billings. "Billings Democrat drops out of Montana House race, but will still be on the ballot". missoulian.com. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
  8. ↑ "Montana Primary Election Results". The New York Times.
  9. ↑ Ambarlan, Jonathon (February 27, 2018). "Billings lawyer enters Montana U.S. House race as Libertarian candidate". KTVH. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
  10. ↑ Wasserman, David (July 10, 2018). "House Ratings Changes: 10 Districts Move, Mostly in Democrats' Direction". The Cook Political Report.
  11. ↑ "House Ratings | Inside Elections". insideelections.com. Retrieved 2017-12-26.
  12. ↑ "Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball » 2018 House". www.centerforpolitics.org. Retrieved 2017-12-26.
  13. ↑ Christian, Peter (August 30, 2018). "MONTANA GUN GROUP GRADES AND ENDORSES POLITICAL CANDIDATES". NewsTalkKGVO.com.
  14. ↑ Drake, Phil (September 12, 2018). "NRA endorses Gianforte and Rosendale, targets Tester". Great Falls Tribune.
  15. ↑ Michels, Holly (July 13, 2018). "Tester, Williams head to Great Falls to rally Montana Democrats for fall elections". Helena Independent Record.
  16. ↑ Swanke, Gerald (August 6, 2018). "AFGE | AFGE Endorses Montana's Kathleen Williams for Congress". www.afge.org. American Federation of Government Employees.
  17. ↑ Harris, Tammy. "2018 Endorsements | Montana AFL-CIO". Montana AFL-CIO.
  18. ↑ Perry, Joe (July 12, 2018). "Montana Sportsmen Alliance PAC: Montana Sportsmen Alliance Endorses Kathleen Williams". montanasportsmenalliance.blogspot.com/. Montana Sportsmen Alliance.
  19. ↑ "@williamsformt will stand up for firefighters and we stand behind her". www.facebook.com. Montana State Council of Professional Fire Fighters. July 18, 2018.
  20. ↑ Stephanie Schriock (June 28, 2018). "Emily's List Endorses Kathleen Williams for Montana's At-Large Congressional District". Emily's List.
  21. ↑ Muller, Tiffany (August 13, 2018). "Four Reform Candidates Earn End Citizens United Endorsement - End Citizens United". End Citizens United.
  22. ↑ Giffords, Gabrielle (July 25, 2018). "Giffords Endorses Kathleen Williams for Congress in Montana - Giffords". Giffords.
  23. ↑ Sittenfeld, Tiernan; Potts, Rick (September 14, 2018). "LCV Action Fund Endorses Kathleen Williams for Congress - League of Conservation Voters". League of Conservation Voters.
  24. ↑ Tyler, Dave (June 20, 2018). "Montana Conservation Voters Endorses Kathleen Williams for U.S. House of Representatives". mtvoters.org.
  25. ↑ Richtman, Max (August 1, 2018). "Letter of Endorsement for Kathleen Williams - NCPSSM". www.ncpssm.org. NCPSSM-PAC.
  26. ↑ "Federal Endorsements by the NOW PAC | National Organization for Women Political Action Committees". nowpac.org. National Organization for Women PAC. August 23, 2017.
  27. ↑ "List of Endorsements: 2018 Election". www.plannedparenthoodaction.org. Planned Parenthood Action Fund.
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