United States House of Representatives election in Montana, 2012

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United States House of Representatives Election in Montana, 2012
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Nominee Steve Daines Kim Gillan
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote255,468204,939
Percentage53.3%42.7%
U.S. Representative before election

Denny Rehberg
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Steve Daines
Republican

Montana's at-large congressional district MT-Atlarge.gif
Montana's at-large congressional district

The 2012 congressional election in Montana was held on November 6, 2012, to determine 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 2010 United States Census. Incumbent Denny Rehberg did not run for reelection, choosing instead to run for the seat in the U.S. Senate. [1] A primary election was held on June 5, 2012. [2] Republican businessman Steve Daines won the open seat.

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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".

United States House of Representatives lower house of the United States Congress

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Contents

Republican nomination

Candidates

Steve Daines United States Senator from Montana

Steven David Daines is an American entrepreneur and politician serving as the junior United States Senator from Montana since 2015. He is a member of the Republican party. He previously was the U.S. Representative for Montana's at-large congressional district from 2013 to 2015. In the 2014 Senate election, Daines won an open seat, defeating Democratic nominee Amanda Curtis.

Colorado Mesa University public university in Grand Junction, Colorado

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United States Marine Corps Amphibious warfare branch of the United States Armed Forces

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Hypothetical polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		John
Abarr		Steve
Daines		OtherUndecided
Public Policy Polling (report)June 16-19, 2011382± 5.0%14%22%—64%

Results

June 5th, 2012 Republican primary results [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Steve Daines82,84371.2
Republican Eric Brosten21,01218.1
Republican Vincent Melkus12,42010.7
Total votes116,275100

Democratic nomination

Candidates

Kim Gillan American politician

Kim J. Gillan is a former Democratic Party member of the Montana Senate. She represented District 24 from 2004 to 2012. She was unable to run for reelection in 2012 due to Montana's term limits. Earlier she was a member of the Montana House of Representatives from 1996 through 2004. On June 21, 2011, she announced that she would be a candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives for the open seat in Montana's At-large congressional district that was available in the 2012 election due to incumbent Denny Rehberg's decision to run against U.S. Senator Jon Tester. Gillan was defeated by Republican businessman Steve Daines in the November 2012 general election.

Montana Senate upper state chamber of a state of the United-States of America

The Montana Senate is the upper house of the Montana State Legislature, the state legislative branch of the US state of Montana. The body is composed of 50 senators.

Billings, Montana City in Montana, United States

Billings is the largest city in the U.S. state of Montana, with a population estimated at 109,642 as of 2017. Located in the south-central portion of the state, it is the seat of Yellowstone County and the principal city of the Billings Metropolitan Area, which has a total a population of 170,498. It has a trade area of over 500,000.

Declined to run

Brian Schweitzer 23rd Governor of Montana

Brian David Schweitzer is an American politician who served as the 23rd Governor of Montana from January 5, 2005, to January 7, 2013. Schweitzer served for a time as chair of the Western Governors Association as well as the Democratic Governors Association. He also served as President of the Council of State Governments.

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Kim
Gillan		Sam
Rankin		Diane
Smith		Dave
Strohmaier		Rob
Stutz		Jason
Ward		Franke
Wilmer		Undecided
Public Policy Polling April 26–29, 2012332± 5.4%21%4%13%9%1%0%11%41%

Results

June 5th, 2012 Democratic primary results [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Kim Gillan25,07731.0
Democratic Franke Wilmer14,83618.4
Democratic Diane Smith12,61815.6
Democratic Dave Strohmaier11,36614.1
Democratic Sam Rankin9,38211.6
Democratic Jason Ward4,9596.1
Democratic Rob Stutz2,5863.2
Total votes80,824100

General election

Candidates

Results

Montana's At-large congressional district election, 2012 [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Steve Daines255,46853.25
Democratic Kim Gillan204,93942.72
Libertarian David Kaiser19,3334.03
Total votes479,740100.00
Republican hold

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Steve
Daines (R)		Kim
Gillan (D)		OtherUndecided
Mason-Dixon September 17-19, 2012625± 4.0%46%38%2%14%
Public Policy Polling September 10-11, 2012656± 3.8%40%37%9%15%
Public Policy Polling April 26–29, 2012934± 3.2%33%27%—40%
Public Policy Polling June 16–19, 2011819± 3.4%35%27%—38%

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Denny Rehberg American politician

Dennis Ray Rehberg is an American politician and member of the Republican Party. He served as the Lieutenant Governor of Montana from 1991 to 1997 and as the U.S. Representative for Montana's at-large congressional district from 2001 to 2013. Rehberg was the Republican nominee for the United States Senate in 1996 and 2012, losing to Max Baucus 50% to 45% and to Jon Tester 49% to 45%, respectively. He subsequently became a co-chairman at Mercury, a Washington D.C. lobbying firm.

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Monica Lindeen is an American politician and Montana's Commissioner of Securities and Insurance, Montana State Auditor. She was elected in 2008 and reelected in 2012. Due to term limits, she was ineligible to run again in 2016, and became a candidate for Montana Secretary of State.

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References

  1. ↑ Johnson, Charles S. (February 5, 2011). "It's official: Rehberg says he's taking on Tester". Billings Gazette . Retrieved February 5, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Montana 2012 Primary and General Election Calendar" (PDF). Secretary of State Linda McCulloch . Retrieved August 16, 2011.
  3. ↑ Johnson, Charles S. (February 2, 2012). "Star Wars is top issue for GOP House candidate". Billings Gazette . Retrieved February 7, 2012.
  4. ↑ Slate, Judy (February 3, 2011). "Bozeman's Steve Daines comments on switching from Senate to House race". KXLF.com. Archived from the original on July 13, 2011. Retrieved June 1, 2011.
  5. ↑ Johnson, Charles S. (March 6, 2012). "Ex-Marine from Hardin files for Montana's U.S. House seat". Missoulian . Retrieved March 11, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Republican Mont. candidate for Congress with KKK ties drops out due to lack of support". The Washington Post . October 5, 2011. Retrieved October 15, 2011.
  7. 1 2 "2012 STATEWIDE PRIMARY ELECTION CANVASS" (PDF). Secretary of State of Montana . Archived from the original (PDF) on January 21, 2013. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
  8. ↑ Banks, Marnee (June 21, 2011). "Kim Gillan enters Democratic race for US House". KAJ18.com . Retrieved June 21, 2011.
  9. ↑ "Billings real estate agent Rankin joins U.S. House race as Demo". Independent Record . March 9, 2012. Retrieved March 11, 2012.
  10. ↑ Dennison, Mike (November 3, 2011). "Whitefish businesswoman becomes 5th Democrat in U.S. House race". Billings Gazette . Retrieved November 11, 2011.
  11. ↑ Weller, Allyson (June 18, 2011). "Strohmaier announces run for Congress". KPAX . Retrieved June 20, 2011.
  12. ↑ Banks, Marnee (August 10, 2011). "Helena attorney Rob Stutz announces run for US House". KRTV . Retrieved August 16, 2011.
  13. ↑ Johnson, Charles S. (January 20, 2012). "Crow tribal member files as Democrat for U.S. House seat". Missoulian . Retrieved January 25, 2012.
  14. ↑ Banks, Marnee (February 1, 2011). "Wilmer of Bozeman announces U.S. House bid". KRTV.com. Archived from the original on July 13, 2011. Retrieved June 1, 2011.
  15. ↑ "Gopher not running for Congress; she sets eye on Senate in 2014". Independent Record . March 14, 2012. Retrieved March 15, 2012.
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