HELENA — There’s now less than a year to go until the 2026 elections in Montana. Three members of Montana’s congressional delegation are up for election next year, and a growing number of candidates are coming forward to challenge them.

In the state’s 1 st Congressional District, Republican Rep. Ryan Zinke, of Whitefish, will be up for another term. Zinke is in his second stint representing Montana in the U.S. House. When the state had only one House seat, Zinke held it from 2015 to 2017 – resigning to become U.S. Secretary of the Interior for two years during President Donald Trump’s first term. In 2022, Montana got back its second seat and Zinke successfully ran in the 1 st District.

The 1 st District includes most of western and southwestern Montana, including Kalispell, Missoul

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