United States House of Representatives election in Montana, 2008

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The 2008 United States House of Representatives election in Montana took place on Tuesday, November 4, 2008. Voters selected a single representative for the At-large District (map), who ran on a statewide ballot. Incumbent Representative Denny Rehberg sought re-election; he was originally elected in 2000 with 52% of the vote. He was formerly a Billings area rancher, state legislator (1984–90) and Montana Lieutenant Governor (1991–97).

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Montana State of the United States of America

Montana is a landlocked state in the Northwestern United States. Montana has several nicknames, although none are official, including "Big Sky Country" and "The Treasure State", and slogans that include "Land of the Shining Mountains" and more recently "The Last Best Place".

From 1913 to 1993, Montana had two congressional districts. From 1913 to 1919, those seats were elected statewide At-large on a general ticket. After 1919, however, the state was divided into geographical districts, with the 1st district covering the western part of the state, including Missoula, Great Falls, Butte, and Helena.

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Match-up summary

DistrictIncumbent2008 StatusDemocraticRepublicanLibertarian
At-large Denny Rehberg Re-election John Driscoll Denny Rehberg Mike Fellows

Democratic primary

Candidates

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Results

Democratic Party primary results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic John Driscoll70,17649.23
Democratic Jim Hunt59,76841.93
Democratic Robert Candee12,5988.84
Total votes142,542100.00

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Republican Party primary results [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Denny Rehberg (inc.)90,492100.00
Total votes90,492100.00

General Election

Results

Montana At-large congressional district election, 2008 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Denny Rehberg (inc.)308,47064.14
Democratic John Driscoll155,93032.42
Libertarian Mike Fellows 16,5003.43
Total votes480,900100.00
Republican hold

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Preceded by
2006 elections
United States House elections in Montana
2008
Succeeded by
2010 elections