The 2020 United States House of Representatives election in Montana was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the

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from

Montana's at-large congressional district Montana is represented in the United States House of Representatives by one at-large congressional district, among the 435 in the United States Congress. The district was the most populous U.S. congressional district, with just over 1 million c ...

. The election coincided with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives,

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to the

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and various state and local elections. The incumbent,

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Greg Gianforte Gregory Richard Gianforte (born April 17, 1961) is an American businessman, politician, software engineer, and writer serving as the 25th governor of Montana since 2021. A member of the Republican Party, Gianforte served as the U.S. representa ...

, who was reelected with 50.9% of the vote in

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, declined to run for reelection and instead ran successfully for

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, after having lost the 2016 election to incumbent Democrat

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. As the

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was removed from the ballot, this was the first time since 1988 that there were no non-Republican or Democratic candidates running for either

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in Montana. In the general election, Republican

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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

Candidates

Nominee

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, nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2018, candidate for

in 2014

Eliminated in primary

*Joe Dooling, rancher and chair of the

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Republican Party *John Evankovich, electrical contractor *

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, former chair of the

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and former state representative *Mark McGinley, youth counselor and retired

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veteran *

Corey Stapleton Corey Stapleton (born September 17, 1967) is an American politician and musician who served as the Secretary of State of Montana from 2017 to 2021. A Republican, he served as a member of the Montana State Senate from 2001 to 2009. In 2020, Stapl ...

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, former state senator, candidate for Governor of Montana in

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, candidate for the U.S. House in

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Declined

, incumbent U.S. Representative ( running for governor) *

Albert Olszewski Albert Olszewski (born August 26, 1962) is an American orthopedic surgeon and perennial candidate, who served as a Republican member of both the Montana Senate and Montana House of Representatives, also running unsuccessful campaigns for the sen ...

, state senator ( running for governor) *

Denny Rehberg Dennis Ray Rehberg (born October 5, 1955) 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 from 2001 to 2013. Rehberg was the Repu ...

, former U.S. Representative, nominee for U.S. Senate in

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and

, and former

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Endorsements

Polling

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

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

* Kathleen Williams, former state representative and nominee for

in 2018

Eliminated in primary

* Tom Winter, state representative

Withdrew

*Matt Rains, rancher and army veteran ''(endorsed Williams)''

Declined

Wilmot Collins Wilmot Collins (born October 15, 1963) is a Liberian-born American politician serving as the mayor of Helena, Montana. He defeated four-term incumbent mayor James E. Smith in the 2017 mayoral election on November 7, 2017, with 51% of the vote. ...

, mayor of Helena and former 2020 candidate for U.S. Senate *

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, musician, member of the Montana Arts Council, nominee for

in 2017

Endorsements

Polling

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

Results

Other candidates

Green Party

Disqualified

*John Gibney, anti-immigration activist

Results

General election

Predictions

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

Results

Notes

;Partisan clients

References

External links

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) * ;Official campaign websites
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