2010 United States House of Representatives election in Montana

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2010 United States House of Representatives election in Montana
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  2008 November 2, 2010 2012  
  Denny Rehberg, official portrait, 111th Congress.jpg No image.svg No image.svg
Nominee Denny Rehberg Dennis McDonald Mike Fellows
Party Republican Democratic Libertarian
Popular vote217,696121,95420,691
Percentage60.4%33.8%5.7%

Montana's at-large congressional district election, 2010 results by county.svg
County results
Rehberg:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
McDonald:     50–60%

U.S. Representative before election

Denny Rehberg
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Denny Rehberg
Republican

Montana's 1st congressional district MT-Atlarge.gif
Montana's 1st congressional district

The 2010 congressional elections in Montana was held on November 2, 2010, and determined who would represent the state of Montana in the United States House of Representatives. Montana has one seat in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms; the elected will serve in the 112th Congress from January 3, 2011, until January 3, 2013.

Contents

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic Party primary results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Dennis McDonald 24,014 38.42
Democratic Tyler Gernant15,17724.28
Democratic Melinda Gopher13,17021.07
Democratic Sam Rankin10,13816.22
Total votes62,499 100.00

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Republican Party primary results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Denny Rehberg (inc.) 96,796 74.69
Republican Mark T. French25,34419.56
Republican A. J. Otjen7,4615.76
Total votes129,601 100.00

General election

Results

Montana At-large congressional district election, 2010 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Denny Rehberg (inc.) 217,696 60.41
Democratic Dennis McDonald121,95433.84
Libertarian Mike Fellows 20,6915.74
Total votes360,341 100.00
Republican hold

County results

Source [3]

Denny Rehberg
Republican
Dennis McDonald
Democratic
Mike Fellows
Libertarian
MarginTotal
CountyVotes %Votes %Votes %Votes %Votes
Beaverhead 2,71672.82%84022.52%1744.66%98426.38%3,730
Big Horn 1,60040.73%2,15254.79%1764.48%55214.05%3,928
Blaine 1,16563.77%61333.55%492.68%55230.21%1,827
Broadwater 1,89573.25%55121.30%1415.45%1,34451.95%2,587
Carbon 2,83758.87%1,66734.59%3156.54%1,17024.28%4,819
Carter 61389.49%547.88%182.63%55981.61%685
Cascade 16,24162.05%8,86733.88%1,0644.07%7,37428.18%26,172
Chouteau 1,70373.98%50922.11%903.91%1,19451.87%2,302
Custer 2,69966.54%1,16328.67%1944.78%1,53637.87%4,056
Daniels 62970.99%20222.80%556.21%42748.19%886
Dawson 2,45967.83%'1,00727.78%1594.39%1,45240.06%3,625
Deer Lodge 1,34740.13%1,82854.45%1825.42%48114.33%3,357
Fallon 86478.76%20218.41%312.83%66260.35%1,097
Fergus 3,79573.50%1,13021.89%2384.61%2,66551.62%5,163
Flathead 21,15367.68%8,12726.00%1,9756.32%13,02641.6831,255
Gallatin 18,22158.56%11,12535.75%1,7695.69%7,09622.81%31,115
Garfield 56984.05%7511.08%334.87%49472.97%677
Glacier 1,31649.46%1,24646.82%993.72%702.63%2,661
Golden Valley 27868.64%10826.67%194.69%17041.98%405
Granite 98568.45%34824.18%1067.37%63744.27%1,439
Hill 3,14260.70%1,78734.52%2474.77%1,35526.18%5,176
Jefferson 3,43065.25%1,52929.09%2985.67%1,90136.16%5,257
Judith Basin 79475.05%22921.64%353.31%56553.40%1,058
Lake 6,01458.66%3,51734.31%7217.03%2,49724.36%10,252
Lewis and Clark 14,22156.54%9,68438.50%1,2464.95%4,53718.04%25,151
Liberty 70676.81%17819.28%394.22%52857.20%923
Lincoln 4,92669.16%1,68823.70%5097.15%3,23845.46%7,123
Madison 2,54170.04%84723.35%2406.62%1,69446.69%3,628
McCone 63171.62%22024.97%303.41%41146.65%881
Meagher 61074.66%15218.60%556.73%45856.06%817
Mineral 1,13562.67%53029.27%1468.06%60533.41%1,811
Missoula 17,78947.14%17,63746.73%2,3146.13%1520.40%37,740
Musselshell 1,35672.40%38520.56%1327.05%97151.84%1,873
Park 4,14860.28%2,35534.22%3785.49%1,79326.06%6,881
Petroleum 19478.23%4016.13%145.65%15462.10%248
Phillips 1,49080.76%27414.85%814.39%1,21665.91%1,845
Pondera 1,51372.22%51624.63%663.15%99747.59%2,095
Powder River 70880.18%13915.74%364.08%56964.44%883
Powell 1,51368.90%53824.50%1456.60%97544.40%2,196
Prairie 43471.93%13822.89%315.14%29649.09%603
Ravalli 11,50665.07%4,88727.64%1,2907.30%6,61937.43%17,683
Richland 2,76774.52%79121.30%1554.17%1,97653.22%3,713
Roosevelt 1,55954.30%1,21142.18%1013.52%33811.77%2,871
Rosebud 1,50756.76%99037.29%1585.95%51719.47%2,655
Sanders 3,38665.99%1,32425.80%4218.21%2,06240.19%5,131
Sheridan 1,05263.72%52331.68%764.60%52932.04%1,651
Silver Bow 5,13343.71%6,04451.47%5864.99%9117.76%11,743
Stillwater 2,54968.01%98426.25%2155.74%1,56541.76%3,748
Sweet Grass 1,25072.55%39422.87%794.59%85649.68%1,723
Teton 1,93270.80%65423.96%1435.24%1,27846.83%2,729
Toole 1,29373.97%36620.94%895.09%92753.03%1,748
Treasure 27270.83%9324.22%194.95%17946.61%384
Valley 2,30068.23%94428.00%1273.77%1,35640.23%3,371
Wheatland 71371.09%25024.93%403.99%46346.16%1,003
Wibaux 34972.56%11022.87%224.57%23949.69%481
Yellowstone 29,76857.82%18,19235.34%3,5206.84%11,57622.49%51,480

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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References

  1. 1 2 "Statewide and State District Primary Canvass June 08, 2010" (PDF). Montana Secretary of State. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 4, 2011. Retrieved June 19, 2011.
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Preceded by
2008 elections
United States House elections in Montana
2010
Succeeded by
2012 elections