2018 United States House of Representatives election in Montana
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The 2018 United States House of Representatives election in Montana was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the U.S. Representative from Montana's at-large congressional district. The election coincided with other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate, and various state and local elections.
Republican primary[]
Candidates[]
Declared[]
- Greg Gianforte, incumbent U.S. Representative[1]
Primary results[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/2018_MT-AL_Republican_primary.svg/220px-2018_MT-AL_Republican_primary.svg.png)
2018 Republican Party primary results by county:
Gianforte—100%
Gianforte—>90%
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Greg Gianforte (incumbent) | 135,225 | 100 | |
Total votes | 135,225 | 100 |
Democratic primary[]
Candidates[]
Declared[]
- John Heenan, attorney[2]
- Grant Kier, former executive director of the Five Valleys Land Trust[3]
- Jared Pettinato, attorney[4]
- Kathleen Williams, former state representative[5]
Withdrew[]
Primary results[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/2018_MT-AL_Democratic_primary.svg/220px-2018_MT-AL_Democratic_primary.svg.png)
Democratic Party primary results by county:
Williams—50–60%
Williams—40–50%
Williams—<40%
Heenan—<40%
Heenan—40–50%
Heenan—50–60%
Kier—<40%
Kier—40–50%
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Kathleen Williams | 37,158 | 33.5 | |
Democratic | John Heenan | 35,163 | 31.7 | |
Democratic | Grant Kier | 26,835 | 24.2 | |
Democratic | Lynda Moss (withdrawn) | 5,592 | 5.0 | |
Democratic | John Meyer | 3,695 | 3.3 | |
Democratic | Jared Pettinato | 2,440 | 2.2 | |
Total votes | 110,883 | 100 |
Libertarian primary[]
Candidates[]
Declared[]
- Elinor Swanson, attorney[9]
General election[]
Debates[]
- Complete video of debate, September 29, 2018
- Complete video of debate, October 6, 2018
Predictions[]
Source | Ranking | As of |
---|---|---|
The Cook Political Report[10] | Lean R | November 5, 2018 |
Inside Elections/Rothenberg Political Report[11] | Likely R | November 5, 2018 |
Sabato's Crystal Ball[12] | Lean R | November 5, 2018 |
Endorsements[]
Greg Gianforte (R)
Kathleen Williams (D)
- Federal politicians
- Jon Tester, U.S. Senator (D-MT)[15]
- Newspapers
- Labor unions
- American Federation of Government Employees District 11[19]
- Montana AFL-CIO[20]
- Montana Sportsmen Alliance[21]
- Montana State Council of Professional Fire Fighters[22]
- Organizations
- EMILY's List[23]
- End Citizens United[24]
- Giffords PAC[25]
- League of Conservation Voters Action Fund[26]
- Montana Conservation Voters[27]
- National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare[28]
- National Organization for Women PAC[29]
- Planned Parenthood Action Fund[30]
Polling[]
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Greg Gianforte (R) |
Kathleen Williams (D) |
Elinor Swanson (L) |
Other | Undecided |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Change Research (D) | November 2–4, 2018 | 879 | – | 52% | 44% | 2% | – | – |
Gravis Marketing | October 24–26, 2018 | 782 | ± 3.5% | 48% | 48% | – | – | 3% |
University of Montana | October 10–18, 2018 | 533 | ± 4.3% | 45% | 46% | 2% | – | 7% |
Montana State University Billings | October 8–13, 2018 | 471 | ± 4.5% | 44% | 41% | 3% | – | 12% |
Montana State University Bozeman | September 15 – October 6, 2018 | 2,079 | ± 2.2% | 48% | 40% | 2% | 1% | 9% |
Gravis Marketing | September 19–22, 2018 | 710 | ± 3.7% | 51% | 42% | – | – | 8% |
AARP/Benenson Strategy Group (D) | September 6–16, 2018 | 950 | ± 3.1% | 46% | 45% | – | 1% | 7% |
University of Montana | August 13–31, 2018 | 466 | ± 4.5% | 38% | 51% | 3% | – | 8% |
Gravis Marketing | June 11–13, 2018 | 469 | ± 4.5% | 43% | 49% | – | – | 8% |
Results[]
Gianforte defeated Kathleen Williams on November 6, 2018.[31]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Greg Gianforte (incumbent) | 256,661 | 50.88% | +0.93% | |
Democratic | Kathleen Williams | 233,284 | 46.25% | +1.88% | |
Libertarian | Elinor Swanson | 14,476 | 2.87% | -2.81% | |
Total votes | 504,421 | 100.00% | N/A | ||
Republican hold |
See also[]
- 2018 United States House of Representatives elections
References[]
- ^ Michels, Holly K. (June 5, 2017). "Greg Gianforte files for re-election, extension for court appearance expected". Missoulian. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
- ^ Michels, Holly K. (August 7, 2017). "Democratic Billings lawyer, business owner says he's running for Greg Gianforte's seat". Independent Record. Retrieved August 7, 2017.
- ^ Michels, Holly K. (September 12, 2017). "Democrat jumps into primary for U.S. House race". Independent Record. Retrieved September 13, 2017.
- ^ Drake, Phil (October 30, 2017). "Pettinato enters race for lone congressional seat". Great Falls Tribune. Retrieved October 30, 2017.
- ^ Michels, Holly K. (October 26, 2017). "Former Bozeman legislator joins Democratic primary for Montana's U.S. House seat". Independent Record. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
- ^ "Moss Drops Out of Race for Montana's US House Seat - Flathead Beacon". Flathead Beacon. April 19, 2018. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
- ^ Gazette, Billings. "Billings Democrat drops out of Montana House race, but will still be on the ballot". missoulian.com. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
- ^ "Montana Primary Election Results". The New York Times.
- ^ Ambarlan, Jonathon (February 27, 2018). "Billings lawyer enters Montana U.S. House race as Libertarian candidate". KTVH. Archived from the original on July 7, 2018. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
- ^ "2018 House Race ratings". The Cook Political Report. July 10, 2018.
- ^ "House Ratings | Inside Elections". insideelections.com. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
- ^ "Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball » 2018 House". www.centerforpolitics.org. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
- ^ Christian, Peter (August 30, 2018). "MONTANA GUN GROUP GRADES AND ENDORSES POLITICAL CANDIDATES". NewsTalkKGVO.com.
- ^ Drake, Phil (September 12, 2018). "NRA endorses Gianforte and Rosendale, targets Tester". Great Falls Tribune.
- ^ Michels, Holly (July 13, 2018). "Tester, Williams head to Great Falls to rally Montana Democrats for fall elections". Helena Independent Record.
- ^ "Gazette Opinion: Restore Civility, Elect Williams to U.S. House". Billings Gazette. October 16, 2018.
- ^ "Williams the moderate Montana needs". The Bozeman Daily Chronicle. October 12, 2018.
- ^ "Williams is by far the better candidate for US House". Missoulian. October 21, 2018.
- ^ Swanke, Gerald (August 6, 2018). "AFGE | AFGE Endorses Montana's Kathleen Williams for Congress". www.afge.org. American Federation of Government Employees.
- ^ Harris, Tammy. "2018 Endorsements | Montana AFL-CIO". Montana AFL-CIO.
- ^ Perry, Joe (July 12, 2018). "Montana Sportsmen Alliance PAC: Montana Sportsmen Alliance Endorses Kathleen Williams". montanasportsmenalliance.blogspot.com/. Montana Sportsmen Alliance.
- ^ "@williamsformt will stand up for firefighters and we stand behind her". www.facebook.com. Montana State Council of Professional Fire Fighters. July 18, 2018.
- ^ Stephanie Schriock (June 28, 2018). "Emily's List Endorses Kathleen Williams for Montana's At-Large Congressional District". Emily's List.
- ^ Muller, Tiffany (August 13, 2018). "Four Reform Candidates Earn End Citizens United Endorsement - End Citizens United". End Citizens United.
- ^ Giffords, Gabrielle (July 25, 2018). "Giffords Endorses Kathleen Williams for Congress in Montana - Giffords". Giffords.
- ^ Sittenfeld, Tiernan; Potts, Rick (September 14, 2018). "LCV Action Fund Endorses Kathleen Williams for Congress - League of Conservation Voters". League of Conservation Voters.
- ^ Tyler, Dave (June 20, 2018). "Montana Conservation Voters Endorses Kathleen Williams for U.S. House of Representatives". mtvoters.org.
- ^ Richtman, Max (August 1, 2018). "Letter of Endorsement for Kathleen Williams - NCPSSM". www.ncpssm.org. NCPSSM-PAC.
- ^ "Federal Endorsements by the NOW PAC | National Organization for Women Political Action Committees". nowpac.org. National Organization for Women PAC. August 23, 2017.
- ^ "List of Endorsements: 2018 Election". www.plannedparenthoodaction.org. Planned Parenthood Action Fund.
- ^ "House Races Midterms 2018 America's Election HQ". FOX News]. November 6, 2018. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
- ^ Johnson, Cheryl L. (February 28, 2019). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 2018". Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
External links[]
- Candidates at Vote Smart
- Candidates at Ballotpedia
- Campaign finance at FEC
- Campaign finance at Center for Responsive Politics
- Official campaign websites
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