2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Montana

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2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Montana
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  2022 November 5, 20242026 

Both Montana seats to the United States House of Representatives
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Last election20
Seats won20
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svg
Popular vote350,361237,496
Percentage58.61%39.73%
SwingIncrease2.svg 5.75%Increase2.svg 5.49%

Montana 2024 Congressional Results Party Performance.svg

The 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Montana were held on November 5, 2024, to elect the two U.S. representatives from the state of Montana, one from each of the state's congressional districts. The elections coincided with the U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate, and various state and local elections. The primary elections took place on June 4, 2024.

Contents

District 1

2024 Montana's 1st congressional district election
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  2022
2026 
  Rep. Ryan Zinke official photo, 118th Congress (cropped).jpg Monica Tranel on Vlogbrothers (cropped).jpg
Nominee Ryan Zinke Monica Tranel
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote168,529143,783
Percentage52.3%44.6%

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2024 MT-01 election results by precinct.svg
Zinke:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Tranel:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
     No Votes

U.S. Representative before election

Ryan Zinke
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Ryan Zinke
Republican

The 1st district is based in mountainous Western Montana, including the cities of Missoula, Kalispell, Bozeman and Butte. The incumbent is Republican Ryan Zinke, who was elected with 49.7% of the vote in 2022. [1] He initially had expressed interest in running for U.S. Senate against incumbent Jon Tester, but chose not to do so. [2]

Republican primary

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Mary Todd, innkeeper and candidate for this district in 2022 [4]

Endorsements

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of May 15, 2024
CandidateRaisedSpentCash on hand
Mary Todd (R)$87,253 [a] $67,177$20,075
Ryan Zinke (R)$5,752,008$3,341,562$2,520,494
Source: Federal Election Commission [9]

Results

2024 Republican Primary for U.S. Representative of Montana's 1st Congressional District [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ryan Zinke (incumbent) 66,409 73.74
Republican Mary Todd23,64726.26
Total votes90,056 100.0

Democratic primary

Nominee

Endorsements

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of May 15, 2024
CandidateRaisedSpentCash on hand
Monica Tranel (D)$2,340,724$826,277$1,524,332
Source: Federal Election Commission [9]

Results

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Monica Tranel 59,806 100.0
Total votes59,806 100.0

Libertarian primary

Nominee

  • Dennis Hayes, remodeling contractor [4]

Eliminated in primary

  • Ernie Noble, construction worker [4]

Results

Libertarian primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Libertarian Dennis Hayes 390 65.4
Libertarian Ernie Noble20634.6
Total votes596 100.0

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [26] Lean ROctober 4, 2024
Inside Elections [27] Lean RSeptember 15, 2023
Sabato's Crystal Ball [28] Lean RFebruary 23, 2023
Elections Daily [29] Lean RSeptember 7, 2023
CNalysis [30] Lean RNovember 16, 2023

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [b]
Margin
of error
Ryan
Zinke (R)
Monica
Tranel (D)
Dennis
Hayes (L)
Undecided
Impact Research (D) [31] [A] October 14–17, 2024500 (LV)± 4.4%46%45%4%5%
Guidance Polling and Strategy [32] [B] October 13–16, 2024400 (LV)± 4.9%52%44%4%
Montana State University [33] September 30 – October 16, 2024(A)44%37%4%15%
Noble Predictive Insights [34] [C] September 11–14, 2024432 (LV)± 4.7%49%44%7%
47%43%3%7%
DCCC (D) [35] September 11–13, 2024864 (LV)± 3.3%46%45%9% [c]
Impact Research (D) [36] [A] August 26–29, 2024500 (LV)± 4.4%46%44%4%5%
Fabrizio Ward (R)/
David Binder Research
(D) [37] [D]
August 25–29, 2024310 (LV)49%43%8%
Impact Research (D) [36] [A] May 202446%42%6%6%
Impact Research (D) [36] [A] February 202452%43%0%5%

Results

Montana's 1st congressional district, 2024 [38]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ryan Zinke (incumbent) 168,529 52.3%
Democratic Monica Tranel 143,78344.6%
Libertarian Dennis Hayes9,9543.1%
Total votes322,266 100.0%

District 2

2024 Montana's 2nd congressional district election
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  2022
2026 
  Troy Downing (2023).jpg Democrat Precinct 14 Committeeman John Brian Driscoll at age 75 (cropped).jpg
Nominee Troy Downing John Driscoll
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote181,83293,713
Percentage66.0%34.0%

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Downing:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Driscoll:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%

U.S. Representative before election

Matt Rosendale
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Troy Downing
Republican

The 2nd district encompasses much of the state east of the Continental Divide, including the cities of Billings, Great Falls and Helena. The incumbent is Republican Matt Rosendale, who was re-elected with 56.6% of the vote in 2022. [1] He announced in February 2024 that he would run for U.S. Senate against incumbent Jon Tester, but dropped out of the race one week later. [39] On March 8, 2024, Rosendale announced that he would not be seeking any office in 2024. [40]

Republican primary

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Withdrawn

Endorsements

Elsie Arntzen

U.S. representatives

Organizations

Ken Bogner

Executive Branch officials

Troy Downing

Executive branch officials

U.S. representatives

Organizations

Declined to endorse

U.S. representatives

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of May 15, 2024
CandidateRaisedSpentCash on hand
Elsie Arntzen (R)$871,444 [d] $805,097$66,347
Kenneth Bogner (R)$54,359$43,425$10,933
Troy Downing (R)$1,818,816 [e] $1,383,494$435,322
Ric Holden (R)$49,248 [f] $46,540$2,708
Joel Krautter (R)$76,533 [g] $67,136$9,397
Denny Rehberg (R)$601,991 [h] $453,928$148,063
Stacy Zinn (R)$41,460$3,091$38,369
Source: Federal Election Commission [52]

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [b]
Margin
of error
Elsie
Arntzen
Kenneth
Bogner
Troy
Downing
Ric
Holden
Denny
Rehberg
Stacy
Zinn
OtherUndecided
Cygnal (R) [53] [E] May 8–9, 2024410 (LV)± 4.8%5%4%28%2%12%8%3% [i] 40%
Guidant Polling & Strategy [54] [F] April 14–17, 2024400 (LV)± 4.9%10%38%26%27%
Cygnal (R) [55] [E] April 15–16, 2024415 (LV)± 4.8%7%4%21%1%11%3%3% [j] 51%
Moore Information [56] [G] February 1, 2024500 (LV)5%3%16%2%26%2%9% [k] 37%

Results

Results by county:
Downing
20-30%
30-40%
40-50%
Rehberg
20-30%
Bogner
20-30%
30-40%
40-50%
50-60%
Holden
20-30%
30-40% 2024 MT-2 GOP Primary.svg
Results by county:
  Downing
  •   20-30%
  •   30-40%
  •   40-50%
  Rehberg
  •   20-30%
  Bogner
  •   20-30%
  •   30-40%
  •   40-50%
  •   50-60%
  Holden
  •   20-30%
  •   30-40%
Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Troy Downing 36,269 36.1
Republican Denny Rehberg 17,18217.1
Republican Stacy Zinn13,58113.5
Republican Elsie Arntzen 9,4689.4
Republican Kenneth Bogner 9,0269.0
Republican Ric Holden 7,1087.1
Republican Joel Krautter 3,4323.4
Republican Kyle Austin3,1773.2
Republican Ed Walker (withdrawn)1,1681.2
Total votes100,411 100.0

Democratic primary

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Ming Cabrera, salesman [57]
  • Kevin Hamm, IT consultant [58]
  • Steve Held, actor and rancher [4]

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of May 15, 2024
CandidateRaisedSpentCash on hand
Ming Cabrera (D)$60,007 [l] $41,424$18,582
Kevin Hamm (D)$62,689$57,628$5,061
Steve Held (D)$86,570 [m] $67,945$18,624
Source: Federal Election Commission [52]

Results

Driscoll
30-40%
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
Held
30-40%
40-50%
50-60%
Cabrera
30-40% 2024 MT-2 Dem Primary.svg
  Driscoll
  •   30-40%
  •   40-50%
  •   50-60%
  •   60-70%
  Held
  •   30-40%
  •   40-50%
  •   50-60%
  Cabrera
  •   30-40%
Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic John Driscoll 13,420 33.3
Democratic Steve Held10,64926.4
Democratic Ming Cabrera8,40820.9
Democratic Kevin Hamm7,81319.4
Total votes40,290 100.0

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [26] Solid RFebruary 2, 2023
Inside Elections [27] Solid RSeptember 15, 2023
Sabato's Crystal Ball [28] Safe RFebruary 23, 2023
Elections Daily [29] Safe RSeptember 7, 2023
CNalysis [30] Solid RNovember 16, 2023

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [b]
Margin
of error
Troy
Downing (R)
John
Driscoll (D)
Other /
Undecided
Montana State University [33] September 30 – October 16, 2024(A)43%26%31% [n]
Fabrizio Ward (R)/
David Binder Research
(D) [37] [H]
August 25–29, 2024290 (LV)52%31%17%

Results

Montana's 2nd congressional district, 2024 [38]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Troy Downing 181,832 66.0%
Democratic John Driscoll 93,71334.0%
Total votes275,545 100.0%

See also

Notes

  1. $76,300 of this total was self-funded by Todd
  2. 1 2 3 Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  3. "Undecided" with 4%
  4. $750,000 of this total was self-funded by Arntzen
  5. $1,050,000 of this total was self-funded by Downing
  6. $32,072 of this total was self-funded by Holden
  7. $6,240 of this total was self-funded by Krautter
  8. $450,000 of this total was self-funded by Rehberg
  9. Joel Krautter with 2%; Kyle Austin with 1%; Ed Walker with 0%
  10. Joel Krautter with 2%; Kyle Austin with 1; Ed Walker with 0%
  11. Joel Krautter and Ed Walker with 1%; "Other" with 7%
  12. $2,740 of this total was self-funded by Cabrera
  13. $45,000 of this total was self-funded by Held
  14. Metzger (I) with 4%; Neill (D) with 3%

Partisan clients

  1. 1 2 3 4 Poll sponsored by Tranel's campaign
  2. Poll sponsored by the Congressional Leadership Fund
  3. Poll sponsored by Inside Elections
  4. Poll sponsored by AARP
  5. 1 2 Poll sponsored by Elect Principled Veterans Fund, which supports Downing's campaign
  6. Poll sponsored by Downing's campaign
  7. Poll sponsored by supporters of Rehberg's campaign
  8. Poll sponsored by AARP.

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Official campaign websites for 2nd district candidates