Election Name: | 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Montana |
Country: | Montana |
Type: | presidential |
Previous Election: | 2014 United States House of Representatives election in Montana |
Previous Year: | 2014 |
Next Election: | 2017 Montana's at-large congressional district special election |
Next Year: | 2017 (special) |
Nominee1: | Ryan Zinke |
Image1: | File:Ryan Zinke official congressional photo (crop).jpg |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 285,358 |
Percentage1: | 56.2% |
Nominee2: | Denise Juneau |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 205,919 |
Percentage2: | 40.6% |
U.S. Representative | |
Before Election: | Ryan Zinke |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | Ryan Zinke |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 2016 United States House of Representatives election in Montana was held on November 8, 2016, to elect the U.S. representative from Montana's at-large congressional district. The election coincided with the 2016 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.
At the time, Montana's congressional district had a PVI of R+7. Republican Ryan Zinke, who was first elected in 2014, is the incumbent. Zinke was re-elected in 2016.[1] [2] He faced no primary opposition. Denise Juneau, who is the Montana State Superintendent of Public Instruction, was the lone Democrat to file for election.[3] [4] The primaries were held on June 7.
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Ryan Zinke (R) | Denise Juneau (D) | Other | Undecided | ||
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Mason-Dixon[5] | October 10–12, 2016 | 1,003 | ± 3.2% | align=center | 53% | 40% | 1%[6] | 6% | |
Montana State University Billings[7] | October 3–10, 2016 | 590 | ± 4.0% | align=center | 50% | 31% | — | 19% |