2018 United States House of Representatives election in Montana

2018 United States House of Representatives election in Montana
	County results; Gianforte: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%; Williams: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
U.S. Representative before election; Greg Gianforte; Republican	Elected U.S. Representative ; Greg Gianforte; Republican

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

Republican primary results
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

Lynda Moss, former state senator (but remained on the ballot)^[6]^[7]

Primary results

Democratic primary results^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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	Democratic	Lynda Moss (withdrawn)	5,592	5.0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)

Federal politicians

Donald Trump, 45th President of the United States

Organizations

Montana Shooting Sports Association^[13]
NRA Political Victory Fund^[14]

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)^[31]	November 2–4, 2018	879	–	52%	44%	2%	–	–
Gravis Marketing^[32]	October 24–26, 2018	782	± 3.5%	48%	48%	–	–	3%
University of Montana^[33]	October 10–18, 2018	533	± 4.3%	45%	46%	2%	–	7%
Montana State University Billings^[34]	October 8–13, 2018	471	± 4.5%	44%	41%	3%	–	12%
Montana State University Bozeman^[35]	September 15 – October 6, 2018	2,079	± 2.2%	48%	40%	2%	1%	9%
Gravis Marketing^[36]	September 19–22, 2018	710	± 3.7%	51%	42%	–	–	8%
AARP/Benenson Strategy Group (D)^[37]	September 6–16, 2018	950	± 3.1%	46%	45%	–	1%	7%
University of Montana^[38]	August 13–31, 2018	466	± 4.5%	38%	51%	3%	–	8%
Gravis Marketing^[39]	June 11–13, 2018	469	± 4.5%	43%	49%	–	–	8%

Results

Gianforte defeated Kathleen Williams on November 6, 2018.^[40]

Montana's at-large congressional district, 2018^[41]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

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.
^ Almukhtar, Sarah; Bloch, Matthew; Lee, Jasmine C. (June 5, 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. Archived from the original on August 30, 2018.
^ Drake, Phil (September 12, 2018). "NRA endorses Gianforte and Rosendale, targets Tester". Great Falls Tribune. Archived from the original on September 22, 2018. GOP Rep. Greg Gianforte said Wednesday he also was endorsed by the NRA Political Victory Fund.
^ 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. Archived from the original on April 26, 2019. Retrieved August 19, 2018.
^ "List of Endorsements: 2018 Election". www.plannedparenthoodaction.org. Planned Parenthood Action Fund. Archived from the original on November 10, 2018. Retrieved September 16, 2018.
^ Change Research (D)
^ Gravis Marketing
^ University of Montana
^ Montana State University Billings
^ Montana State University Bozeman
^ Gravis Marketing
^ AARP/Benenson Strategy Group (D)
^ University of Montana
^ Gravis Marketing
^ "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

Official campaign websites

Greg Gianforte (R) for Congress
Elinor Swanson (L) for Congress
Kathleen Williams (D) for Congress Archived April 6, 2019, at the Wayback Machine

[1] Michels, Holly K. (June 5, 2017). "Greg Gianforte files for re-election, extension for court appearance expected". Missoulian. Retrieved June 7, 2017.

[2] 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.

[3] Michels, Holly K. (September 12, 2017). "Democrat jumps into primary for U.S. House race". Independent Record. Retrieved September 13, 2017.

[4] Drake, Phil (October 30, 2017). "Pettinato enters race for lone congressional seat". Great Falls Tribune. Retrieved October 30, 2017.

[5] 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.

[6] "Moss Drops Out of Race for Montana's US House Seat - Flathead Beacon". Flathead Beacon. April 19, 2018. Retrieved April 20, 2018.

[7] Gazette, Billings. "Billings Democrat drops out of Montana House race, but will still be on the ballot". missoulian.com. Retrieved April 20, 2018.

[8] Almukhtar, Sarah; Bloch, Matthew; Lee, Jasmine C. (June 5, 2018). "Montana Primary Election Results". The New York Times.

[9] 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.

[10] "2018 House Race ratings". The Cook Political Report. July 10, 2018.

[11] "House Ratings | Inside Elections". insideelections.com. Retrieved December 26, 2017.

[12] "Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball » 2018 House". www.centerforpolitics.org. Retrieved December 26, 2017.

[13] Christian, Peter (August 30, 2018). "MONTANA GUN GROUP GRADES AND ENDORSES POLITICAL CANDIDATES". NewsTalkKGVO.com. Archived from the original on August 30, 2018.

[14] Drake, Phil (September 12, 2018). "NRA endorses Gianforte and Rosendale, targets Tester". Great Falls Tribune. Archived from the original on September 22, 2018. GOP Rep. Greg Gianforte said Wednesday he also was endorsed by the NRA Political Victory Fund.

[15] Michels, Holly (July 13, 2018). "Tester, Williams head to Great Falls to rally Montana Democrats for fall elections". Helena Independent Record.

[16] "Gazette Opinion: Restore Civility, Elect Williams to U.S. House". Billings Gazette. October 16, 2018.

[17] "Williams the moderate Montana needs". The Bozeman Daily Chronicle. October 12, 2018.

[18] "Williams is by far the better candidate for US House". Missoulian. October 21, 2018.

[19] Swanke, Gerald (August 6, 2018). "AFGE | AFGE Endorses Montana's Kathleen Williams for Congress". www.afge.org. American Federation of Government Employees.

[20] Harris, Tammy. "2018 Endorsements | Montana AFL-CIO". Montana AFL-CIO.

[21] Perry, Joe (July 12, 2018). "Montana Sportsmen Alliance PAC: Montana Sportsmen Alliance Endorses Kathleen Williams". montanasportsmenalliance.blogspot.com/. Montana Sportsmen Alliance.

[22] "@williamsformt will stand up for firefighters and we stand behind her". www.facebook.com. Montana State Council of Professional Fire Fighters. July 18, 2018.

[23] Stephanie Schriock (June 28, 2018). "Emily's List Endorses Kathleen Williams for Montana's At-Large Congressional District". Emily's List.

[24] Muller, Tiffany (August 13, 2018). "Four Reform Candidates Earn End Citizens United Endorsement - End Citizens United". End Citizens United.

[25] Giffords, Gabrielle (July 25, 2018). "Giffords Endorses Kathleen Williams for Congress in Montana - Giffords". Giffords.

[26] Sittenfeld, Tiernan; Potts, Rick (September 14, 2018). "LCV Action Fund Endorses Kathleen Williams for Congress - League of Conservation Voters". League of Conservation Voters.

[27] Tyler, Dave (June 20, 2018). "Montana Conservation Voters Endorses Kathleen Williams for U.S. House of Representatives". mtvoters.org.

[28] Richtman, Max (August 1, 2018). "Letter of Endorsement for Kathleen Williams - NCPSSM". www.ncpssm.org. NCPSSM-PAC.

[29] "Federal Endorsements by the NOW PAC | National Organization for Women Political Action Committees". nowpac.org. National Organization for Women PAC. August 23, 2017. Archived from the original on April 26, 2019. Retrieved August 19, 2018.

[30] "List of Endorsements: 2018 Election". www.plannedparenthoodaction.org. Planned Parenthood Action Fund. Archived from the original on November 10, 2018. Retrieved September 16, 2018.

[31] Change Research (D)

[32] Gravis Marketing

[33] University of Montana

[34] Montana State University Billings

[35] Montana State University Bozeman

[36] Gravis Marketing

[37] AARP/Benenson Strategy Group (D)

[38] University of Montana

[39] Gravis Marketing

[40] "House Races Midterms 2018 America's Election HQ". FOX News]. November 6, 2018. Retrieved November 11, 2018.

[clerk2018-41] 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.

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2018 United States House of Representatives election in Montana

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Primary results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Withdrew

Primary results

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Declared

General election

Debates

Predictions

Endorsements

Polling

Results

See also

References

External links