United States House of Representatives election in Montana, 2014

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United States House of Representatives Election in Montana, 2014
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Nominee Ryan Zinke John Lewis
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote203,871148,690
Percentage55.4%40.4%
U.S. Representative before election

Steve Daines
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Ryan Zinke
Republican

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Montana's at-large congressional district

The 2014 congressional election in Montana was held on November 4, 2014, to determine who will represent the state of Montana in the United States House of Representatives. Montana has one at-large seat in the House, apportioned according to the 2010 United States Census.

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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".

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Contents

Incumbent Republican Congressman Steve Daines was first elected in 2012. Instead of running for re-election, he successfully ran for the U.S. Senate election in 2014. [1] Representatives are elected for two-year terms; the elected will serve in the 114th United States Congress from January 3, 2015 until January 3, 2017.

Republican Party (United States) Major political party in the United States

The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP, is one of the two major political parties in the United States; the other is its historic rival, the Democratic Party.

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.

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Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Elsie Arntzen is an American politician from the U.S. state of Montana who currently serves as the Superintendent of Public Instruction of the State of Montana. Prior to this, she was a member of the Montana Legislature. She was elected to House District 53 which represents a portion of the Yellowstone County area. In 2013 and 2015 she served as a state Senator.

Corey Stapleton American politician

Corey Stapleton is an American politician and the Secretary of State of Montana. A Republican, he is also a former Montana State Senator from 2001 to 2009. He is a candidate for Governor of Montana in the 2020 election.

Withdrew

Brad Johnson is an American politician from the U.S. state of Montana. A member of the Republican Party, he is the present chairman of the Montana Public Service Commission.

The Secretary of State of Montana is one of the elected constitutional officers of executive branch of the U.S. state of Montana.

The Montana Public Service Commission, or PSC, is a quasi-judicial regulatory board of elected officials in the U.S. state of Montana.

Declined

Champ Edmunds Member of the Montana House of Representatives, Potential Candidate for the 2014 US Senate Seat in Montana

Richard Champion Edmunds, Jr. was a Republican member of the Montana Legislature.

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.

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Brad
Johnson		Matthew
Rosendale		Corey
Stapleton		Ryan
Zinke		OtherUndecided
PPP November 15–17, 2013469±4.5%20%9%32%9%—31%

Primary results

Republican primary results [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ryan Zinke43,76633.25
Republican Corey Stapleton38,59129.32
Republican Matthew Rosendale37,96528.84
Republican Elsie Arntzen9,0116.85
Republican Drew Turiano2,2901.74
Total votes131,623100

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Montana House of Representatives lower house of U.S. state legislature

The Montana House of Representatives is, with the Montana Senate, one of the two houses of the Montana Legislature. Composed of 100 members, the House elects its leadership every two years.

Max Baucus American politician

Max Sieben Baucus is a retired American politician and diplomat who served as a United States Senator from Montana from 1978 to 2014. A member of the Democratic Party, he was a U.S. Senator for nearly 36 years, making him the longest-serving Senator in Montana history. President Barack Obama appointed Baucus to replace Gary Locke as the 11th United States Ambassador to China, a position that he held from 2014 until 2017.

Withdrew

  • Melinda Gopher, writer and candidate for the seat in 2010 [15]

Declined

Endorsements

John Lewis

Primary results

Democratic primary results [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic John Lewis42,58859.84
Democratic John Driscoll28,58040.16
Total votes71,168100

Libertarian nomination

Candidates

Declared

Independents

Candidates

Withdrawn

General election

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Ryan
Zinke (R)		John
Lewis (D)		OtherUndecided
Gravis Marketing October 23–24, 2014604± 4%53%41%—6%
The MSU-Billings Poll October 6–11, 2014410± 5%39.8%32.9%2.2% [30] 25.1%
Gravis Marketing September 29–30, 2014535± 4%51%41%—8%
Vox Populi Polling August 3–4, 2014798± 3.5%44%37%—19%
Gravis Marketing July 20–22, 2014741± 4%47%35%6% [30] 11%
Public Policy Polling November 15–17, 2013952± 3.2%37%32%—30%

Results

Montana's At-large congressional district election, 2014 [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ryan Zinke 203,87155.38
Democratic John Lewis 148,69040.39
Libertarian Mike Fellows 15,4024.18
Total votes367,963100.00
Republican hold

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