2008 United States House of Representatives election in Montana

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Nominee Denny Rehberg John Driscoll Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 308,470 155,930 Percentage 64.14% 32.42%

County results Rehberg:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90% Driscoll:     40–50%     50–60%

U.S. Representative before election Denny Rehberg Republican Elected U.S. Representative Denny Rehberg Republican

The2008United States House of Representatives election inMontana took place on Tuesday, November 4, 2008. Voters selected a single representative for theat-large district (map), who ran on a statewide ballot. Incumbent RepresentativeDenny Rehberg sought re-election; he was originally elected in 2000 with 52% of the vote. He was formerly a Billings area rancher, state legislator (1984–90) and Montana Lieutenant Governor (1991–97).

Concurrently, Democrats won all elections for statewide elected offices, including incumbent governorBrian Schweitzer whowon a landslide 65.47% of the vote. In other federal races, incumbent senatorMax Baucus won a landslide victory in theconcurrent senate election against perennial candidateBob Kelleher; while Barack Obama lost the state in theconcurrent presidential election, he lost by a narrow 2.48% margin winning 47.11% of the vote, the highest sinceLyndon B. Johnson in1964. However, Rehberg bucked the trend and comfortably won re-election with 64.1% of the vote.

• John Driscoll, formerSpeaker of theMontana House of Representatives and candidate for U.S. Senate in1978
• Jim Hunt, attorney
• Robert Candee, perennial candidate

• Denny Rehberg, incumbent U.S. Congressman

• Missoula (Largest city:Missoula)
• Rosebud (largest city:Colstrip)
• Roosevelt (largest city:Wolf Point)

• 2008 Election Information from theMontana Secretary of State
• U.S. Congress candidates for Montana atProject Vote Smart
• Montana U.S. House Races from2008 Race Tracker
• Campaign contributions for Montana congressional races fromOpenSecrets
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• Election 2008 full coverage fromThe Missoulian

• United States House of Representatives elections in Montana
• 2008 United States House of Representatives elections
• 2008 Montana elections

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