Riding profile

MT-1

US House district — MT · Mixed · us mt

The question

MT-1: who wins this toss-up?

Editorial read

MT-1, a mixed riding in MT, elected a member with the Republicans in the previous cycle, with a 8-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Republicans ahead at 51% vote share, against 48% for the Democrats, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

ZINKE, RYAN K

Sits with Republican

Primary race

Who leads in the primary

Democrat

Ryan Busse 35%

4 candidates polled · Latest poll Apr 1, 2026 · bytulchin_research

Who's running

The candidates

Declared and on-ballot candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Republican Incumbent

    Zinke, Ryan K

  • Democrat Open seat

    Busse, Ryan

  • Democrat Open seat

    Cleveland, Russell Tyler

  • Democrat Open seat

    Forstag, Samuel Kelley

  • Democrat Open seat

    Rains, Matthew

  • Republican Open seat

    Flint, Aaron

  • Republican Open seat

    Jacobsen, Christi

  • Republican Open seat

    Olszewski, Albert

Current forecast

Republican

Toss-up

Probability
98%
Mean margin (pts)
3.0
P(close race)
92%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Republican 51.3%
  • Democrat 48.3%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Republican Democrat Other
HereMT-1 51.3%48.3%0.4%
National averageUnited States 46.6% +4.6 51.9% −3.5 5.4% −5.0

Nationwide averages computed across the 435 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Projection track

How the projection has moved

District polls

Polls in this district

6 polls

Pollster Field dates Sample Pop. Topline Source
Impact Research 22–Jun 25 500 LV
Republican 49 Democrat 44
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Upswing Research 314 Action Apr 30 – May 5 401 LV
Republican 47 Democrat 43
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Upswing Research 314 Action Apr 30 – May 5 401 LV
Republican 48 Democrat 43
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Peak Insights Leadership in Action 12–Jan 15 400 LV
Republican 48 Democrat 38
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Peak Insights Leadership in Action 12–Jan 15 400 LV
Republican 47 Democrat 41
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Tulchin Research No Surrender Fund 22–Nov 25 424 LV
Democrat 47 Republican 43
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District-level polls, topline only. Vote-Scope reports each published poll as the pollster released it; figures are not the Vote-Scope projection.

Previous election · US HOUSE_2024

Won by
Republican
Margin
7.7 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-4.7 pts

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Last model run
Cycle
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