2020 United States House of Representatives election in Montana

Not to be confused with 2020 Montana House of Representatives election.

2020 United States House of Representatives election in Montana, at-large district
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Nominee Matt Rosendale Kathleen Williams
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 339,169 262,340
Percentage 56.39% 43.61%
Rosendale:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Williams:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Tie:      50%      No data
U.S. Representative before election

Greg Gianforte
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Matt Rosendale
Republican

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The 2020 United States House of Representatives election in Montana was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the U.S. representative from Montana's at-large congressional district. The election coincided with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate, and various state and local elections.

The incumbent, Republican Greg Gianforte, who was reelected with 50.9% of the vote in 2018,[1] declined to run for reelection and instead ran successfully for Governor of Montana, after having lost the 2016 election to incumbent Democrat Steve Bullock.[2]

As the Green Party was removed from the ballot, this was the first time since 1988 that there were no non-Republican or Democratic candidates running for either United States House of Representatives or United States Senate in Montana.[3]

In the general election, Republican state auditor Matt Rosendale defeated former state representative Kathleen Williams.

As of a result of the 2020 redistricting cycle, Montana regained its 2nd congressional district that it lost in 1993, therefore making the 2020 election the last election for the at-large district before it was eliminated.

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee

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Eliminated in primary

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Declined

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Endorsements

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Matt Rosendale

Executive officials

Individuals

Organizations

Polling

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Polls with a sample size of <100 have their sample size entries marked in red to indicate a lack of reliability.

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Russell
Fagg 		Joe
Dooling 		Timothy
Johnson 		Al
Olszewski 		Denny
Rehberg 		Matt
Rosendale 		Corey
Stapleton 		Undecided
Montana State University Billings[16] October 7–16, 2019 99 (LV) – – 1% <1% – – 32% 22% 44%
WPA Intelligence (R)[17][A] February 24–26, 2019 501 (V) ± 4.4% 24% – – – – 57% – 15%
– – 39% 46% – 13%
18% 10% – 51% – 18%
15% – 31% 37% – 16%
17% – – 48% 19% 16%

Results

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Republican primary results[18]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Matt Rosendale 104,575 48.31%
Republican Corey Stapleton 71,902 33.21%
Republican Debra Lamm 14,462 6.68%
Republican Joe Dooling 13,726 6.34%
Republican Mark McGinley 7,818 3.61%
Republican John Evankovich 3,983 1.84%
Total votes 216,466 100.0%

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee

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Eliminated in primary

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Withdrew

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  • Matt Rains, rancher and army veteran (endorsed Williams)[21]

Declined

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Endorsements

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Kathleen Williams

State politicians

Local politicians

Individuals

  • Matt Rains, rancher and army veteran and former 2020 candidate for U.S. House of Representatives from Montana's at-large district[21]

Local unions

Organizations

Tom Winter

Individuals

Organizations

Polling

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Polls with a sample size of <100 have their sample size entries marked in red to indicate a lack of reliability.

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Matt
Rains 		Kathleen
Williams 		Undecided
Montana State University Billings[34] October 7–16, 2019 40 (LV) – 6% 69% 25%

Results

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Democratic primary results[18]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kathleen Williams 133,436 89.47%
Democratic Tom Winter 15,698 10.53%
Total votes 149,134 100.0%

Other candidates

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Green Party

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Disqualified

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  • John Gibney, anti-immigration activist[35][36]

Results

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Green primary results[18]
Party Candidate Votes %
Green John Gibney 690 100.0%
Total votes 690 100.0%

General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[37] Lean R October 2, 2020
Inside Elections[38] Lean R October 1, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball[39] Lean R October 1, 2020
Politico[40] Lean R September 9, 2020
Daily Kos[41] Lean R September 25, 2020
RCP[42] Tossup October 26, 2020
Niskanen[43] Lean R July 26, 2020
The Economist[44] Tossup October 2, 2020

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Matt
Rosendale (R) 		Kathleen
Williams (D) 		Other /
Undecided
Montana State University Billings[45] October 19–24, 2020 546 (LV) ± 4.2% 47% 46% 6%[b]
Siena College/NYT Upshot[46] October 18–20, 2020 758 (LV) ± 4.4% 50% 46% 4%[c]
Strategies 360[47] October 15–20, 2020 500 (LV) ± 4.4% 46% 46% 9%[d]
RMG Research/PoliticalIQ[48] October 15–18, 2020 800 (LV) ± 3.5% 47%[e] 47% 6%[f]
45%[g] 49% 6%[h]
49%[i] 45% 6%[j]
Montana State University Bozeman[49] September 14 – October 2, 2020 1,609 (LV) ± 3.9% 48% 46% 6%[k]
Siena College/NYT Upshot[50] September 14–16, 2020 625 (LV) ± 4.8% 41% 44% 13%[l]
Expedition Strategies (D)[51][B] August 22–27, 2020 400 (LV) ± 4.9% 48% 51% 1%[m]
WPA Intelligence (R)[52][A] August 9–11, 2020 500 (LV) ± 4.4% 51% 45% 4%[n]
Civiqs/Daily Kos[53] July 11–13, 2020 873 (RV) ± 4.2% 49% 47% 5%[o]
Public Policy Polling[54] July 9–10, 2020 1,224 (V) ± 2.8% 44% 44% 13%[p]
Global Strategy Group (D)[55][C] June 24–28, 2020 500 (LV) ± 4.4% 47% 47% 6%
University of Montana[56] June 17–26, 2020 517 (RV) ± 4.3% 45% 37% 18%[q]
Public Policy Polling[57][D] March 12–13, 2020 903 (V) ± 3.3% 45% 45% 9%
Hypothetical polling

University of Montana polls did not account for certain presumed withdrawals of major party candidates after their primaries in the following polls.

with Joe Dooling (R), John Evankovich (R), Timothy Johnson (R), Corey Stapleton (R) and Tom Winter (D)

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Matt
Rosendale (R) 		Corey
Stapleton (R) 		Kathleen
Williams (D) 		Other
University of Montana[58] February 12–22, 2020 498 (LV) ± 4.4% 35.7% 19.4% 35.8% 9.1%[r]

with Joe Dooling (R), Timothy Johnson (R), Matt Rains (D), Corey Stapleton (R) and Tom Winter (D)

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Matt
Rosendale (R) 		Corey
Stapleton (R) 		Kathleen
Williams (D) 		Other
University of Montana[59] September 26 – October 3, 2019 303 (RV) ± 5.6% 35.3% 19.8% 36.1% 8.8%[s]

Results

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Montana's at-large congressional district, 2020[60]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Matt Rosendale 339,169 56.39% +5.51%
Democratic Kathleen Williams 262,340 43.61% −2.64%
Total votes 601,509 100.00%
Republican hold

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ^ Undecided with 6%
  3. ^ Would not vote with 1%; "Someone else" with 0%; Undecided with 3%
  4. ^ Undecided with 9%
  5. ^ Standard VI response
  6. ^ "Someone else" with 2%; Undecided with 4%
  7. ^ Results generated with high Democratic turnout model
  8. ^ "Someone else" with 2%; Undecided with 4%
  9. ^ Results generated with high Republican turnout model
  10. ^ "Someone else" with 2%; Undecided with 4%
  11. ^ "Other" with 1%; Undecided with 5%
  12. ^ Gibney (G) with 2%; would not vote with 1%; "someone else" with 0%; "Undecided/Refused" with 10%
  13. ^ Undecided with 1%
  14. ^ Undecided with 4%
  15. ^ Undecided with 3%; "Someone else" with 2%
  16. ^ Undecided with 13%
  17. ^ Undecided with 18.4%
  18. ^ Dooling (R) with 2.9%; Winter (D) with 2.7%; Johnson (R) with 1.8%; Evankovich (R) with 1.7%
  19. ^ Dooling (R) with 2.5%; Rains (D) with 2.4%; Winter (D) with 2.1%; Johnson (R) with 1.8%

Partisan clients

  1. ^ a b Poll sponsored by Club for Growth Action
  2. ^ Poll conducted for The House Majority PAC, which endorsed Williams prior to this poll's sampling period.
  3. ^ Poll sponsored by Kathleen Williams' campaign
  4. ^ Poll sponsored by End Citizens United, which has exclusively endorsed Democratic candidates

References

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  2. ^ a b Michels, Holly K. (June 6, 2019). "Gianforte files to run for governor in 2020". Independent Record. Retrieved June 7, 2019.
  3. ^ "No Alternative Candidates on Montana Ballot for Any Congressional Race". Ballot Access News. September 13, 2020. Archived from the original on September 13, 2020. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
  4. ^ Pathé, Simone (June 17, 2019). "On heels of Senate loss, Matt Rosendale running for Congress — again". Roll Call. Retrieved June 17, 2019.
  5. ^ Alexander, Cassidy (June 25, 2019). "Helena Rancher Joins Race For Montana's House Seat". MTPR. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  6. ^ a b Dennison, Mike (March 2, 2020). "Dillon veteran a surprise candidate in U.S. House race". KTVH.
  7. ^ Drake, Phil. "Lamm enters 2020 race for U.S. House seat". Great Falls Tribune. Retrieved September 9, 2019.
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  31. ^ Our Revolution (April 30, 2020). "We are so proud to endorse #ProgressiveChampion Tom Winter as he will fight for a #GreenNewDeal and better rights for working people. #PoliticalRevolution". Retrieved May 21, 2020 – via Facebook.
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  46. ^ Siena College/NYT Upshot
  47. ^ Strategies 360
  48. ^ RMG Research/PoliticalIQ Archived October 26, 2020, at the Wayback Machine
  49. ^ Montana State University Bozeman Archived October 19, 2020, at the Wayback Machine
  50. ^ Siena College/NYT Upshot
  51. ^ Expedition Strategies (D) Archived September 2, 2020, at the Wayback Machine
  52. ^ WPA Intelligence (R)
  53. ^ Civiqs/Daily Kos
  54. ^ Public Policy Polling
  55. ^ Global Strategy Group (D)
  56. ^ University of Montana
  57. ^ Public Policy Polling
  58. ^ University of Montana
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