Rosendale wins race for Montana's eastern U.S. House seat

Republican Matt Rosendale, the current representative of Montana’s at-large U.S. House district, has handily won his race to return to Congress.

With nearly all votes in Montana’s expansive eastern U.S. House district counted as Wednesday morning, Rosendale beat independent businessman Gary Buchanan and Democratic former Billings City Council member Penny Ronning, receiving 114,330 votes, more than the rest of the field combined. Buchanan received 44,512 votes, two percentage points more than Ronning’s 40,570 votes.

Libertarian Sam Rankin, who was also on the ballot, received 2,756 votes.

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