The 2010 congressional elections in Montana was held on November 2, 2010, and determined who would represent the state of Montana in the United States House of Representatives. Montana has one seat in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms; the elected will serve in the 112th Congress from January 3, 2011, until January 3, 2013.
Democratic primary Candidates Dennis McDonald, former chairman of the Montana Democratic Party Tyler Gernant, attorney Melinda Gopher, Native American activist Sam Rankin
Results
Republican primary Candidates Denny Rehberg, incumbent U.S. Congressman Mark T. French, Clark Fork Valley Hospital scientist A. J. Otjen, Montana State University Billings professor
Results
General election Predictions SourceRankingAs of The Cook Political Report November 1, 2010 Rothenberg November 1, 2010 Sabato's Crystal BallCrystal Ball, November 1, 2010RCPRealClearPolitics, November 1, 2010CQ PoliticsOctober 28, 2010New York Times November 1, 2010FiveThirtyEight November 1, 2010
Results
County results
Source
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" |- !| ! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Denny RehbergRepublican ! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Dennis McDonaldDemocratic ! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Mike FellowsLibertarian ! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Margin ! style="text-align:center;"| Total |- ! align=center | County ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| Votes ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| % ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| Votes ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| % ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| Votes ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| % ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| Votes ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| % ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| Votes |- | align=center|Beaverhead||2,716||72.82%||840||22.52%||174||4.66%||984||26.38%||3,730 |- | align=center|Big Horn||1,600||40.73%||2,152||54.79%||176||4.48%||552||14.05%||3,928 |- | align=center|Blaine||1,165||63.77%||613||33.55%||49||2.68%||552||30.21%||1,827 |- | align=center|Broadwater||1,895||73.25%||551||21.30%||141||5.45%||1,344||51.95%||2,587 |- | align=center|Carbon||2,837||58.87%||1,667||34.59%||315||6.54%||1,170||24.28%||4,819 |- | align=center|Carter||613||89.49%||54||7.88%||18||2.63%||559||81.61%||685 |- | align=center|Cascade||16,241||62.05%||8,867||33.88%||1,064||4.07%||7,374||28.18%||26,172 |- | align=center|Chouteau||1,703||73.98%||509||22.11%||90||3.91%||1,194||51.87%||2,302 |- | align=center|Custer||2,699||66.54%||1,163||28.67%||194||4.78%||1,536||37.87%||4,056 |- | align=center|Daniels||629||70.99%||202||22.80%||55||6.21%||427||48.19%||886 |- | align=center|Dawson||2,459||67.83%||1,007||27.78%||159||4.39%||1,452||40.06%||3,625|- | align=center|Deer Lodge||1,347||40.13%||1,828||54.45%||182||5.42%||481||14.33%||3,357|- | align=center|Fallon||864||78.76%||202||18.41%||31||2.83%||662||60.35%||1,097|- | align=center|Fergus||3,795||73.50%||1,130||21.89%||238||4.61%||2,665||51.62%||5,163|- | align=center|Flathead||21,153||67.68%||8,127||26.00%||1,975||6.32%||13,026||41.68||31,255|- | align=center|Gallatin||18,221||58.56%||11,125||35.75%||1,769||5.69%||7,096||22.81%||31,115|- | align=center|Garfield||569||84.05%||75||11.08%||33||4.87%||494||72.97%||677|- | align=center|Glacier||1,316||49.46%||1,246||46.82%||99||3.72%||70||2.63%||2,661|- | align=center|Golden Valley||278||68.64%||108||26.67%||19||4.69%||170||41.98%||405|- | align=center|Granite||985||68.45%||348||24.18%||106||7.37%||637||44.27%||1,439|- | align=center|Hill||3,142||60.70%||1,787||34.52%||247||4.77%||1,355||26.18%||5,176|- | align=center|Jefferson||3,430||65.25%||1,529||29.09%||298||5.67%||1,901||36.16%||5,257|- | align=center|Judith Basin||794||75.05%||229||21.64%||35||3.31%||565||53.40%||1,058|- | align=center|Lake||6,014||58.66%||3,517||34.31%||721||7.03%||2,497||24.36%||10,252|- | align=center|Lewis and Clark||14,221||56.54%||9,684||38.50%||1,246||4.95%||4,537||18.04%||25,151|- | align=center|Liberty||706||76.81%||178||19.28%||39||4.22%||528||57.20%||923|- | align=center|Lincoln||4,926||69.16%||1,688||23.70%||509||7.15%||3,238||45.46%||7,123|- | align=center|Madison||2,541||70.04%||847||23.35%||240||6.62%||1,694||46.69%||3,628|- | align=center|McCone||631||71.62%||220||24.97%||30||3.41%||411||46.65%||881|- | align=center|Meagher||610||74.66%||152||18.60%||55||6.73%||458||56.06%||817|- | align=center|Mineral||1,135||62.67%||530||29.27%||146||8.06%||605||33.41%||1,811|- | align=center|Missoula||17,789||47.14%||17,637||46.73%||2,314||6.13%||152||0.40%||37,740|- | align=center|Musselshell||1,356||72.40%||385||20.56%||132||7.05%||971||51.84%||1,873|- | align=center|Park||4,148||60.28%||2,355||34.22%||378||5.49%||1,793||26.06%||6,881|- | align=center|Petroleum||194||78.23%||40||16.13%||14||5.65%||154||62.10%||248|- | align=center|Phillips||1,490||80.76%||274||14.85%||81||4.39%||1,216||65.91%||1,845|- | align=center|Pondera||1,513||72.22%||516||24.63%||66||3.15%||997||47.59%||2,095|- | align=center|Powder River||708||80.18%||139||15.74%||36||4.08%||569||64.44%||883|- | align=center|Powell||1,513||68.90%||538||24.50%||145||6.60%||975||44.40%||2,196|- | align=center|Prairie||434||71.93%||138||22.89%||31||5.14%||296||49.09%||603|- | align=center|Ravalli||11,506||65.07%||4,887||27.64%||1,290||7.30%||6,619||37.43%||17,683|- | align=center|Richland||2,767||74.52%||791||21.30%||155||4.17%||1,976||53.22%||3,713|- | align=center|Roosevelt||1,559||54.30%||1,211||42.18%||101||3.52%||338||11.77%||2,871|- | align=center|Rosebud||1,507||56.76%||990||37.29%||158||5.95%||517||19.47%||2,655|- | align=center|Sanders||3,386||65.99%||1,324||25.80%||421||8.21%||2,062||40.19%||5,131|- | align=center|Sheridan||1,052||63.72%||523||31.68%||76||4.60%||529||32.04%||1,651|- | align=center|Silver Bow||5,133||43.71%||6,044||51.47%||586||4.99%||911||7.76%||11,743|- | align=center|Stillwater||2,549||68.01%||984||26.25%||215||5.74%||1,565||41.76%||3,748|- | align=center|Sweet Grass||1,250||72.55%||394||22.87%||79||4.59%||856||49.68%||1,723|- | align=center|Teton||1,932||70.80%||654||23.96%||143||5.24%||1,278||46.83%||2,729|- | align=center|Toole||1,293||73.97%||366||20.94%||89||5.09%||927||53.03%||1,748|- | align=center|Treasure||272||70.83%||93||24.22%||19||4.95%||179||46.61%||384|- | align=center|Valley||2,300||68.23%||944||28.00%||127||3.77%||1,356||40.23%||3,371|- | align=center|Wheatland||713||71.09%||250||24.93%||40||3.99%||463||46.16%||1,003|- | align=center|Wibaux||349||72.56%||110||22.87%||22||4.57%||239||49.69%||481|- | align=center|Yellowstone||29,768||57.82%||18,192||35.34%||3,520||6.84%||11,576||22.49%||51,480'''
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Glacier (largest city: Cut Bank)
See also 2010 Montana elections
References
External links Elections at the Montana Secretary of State U.S. Congress candidates for Montana at Project Vote Smart Montana U.S. House from OurCampaigns.com Campaign contributions for U.S. Congressional races in Montana from OpenSecrets 2010 Montana General Election graph of multiple polls from Pollster.comHouse - Montana from the Cook Political Report''