HELENA – Montana congressional candidates recently released a sneak peak of their “pre-primary” campaign finances. Over the last month and a half, fundraising continued and spending really heated up, with Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke taking the lead in the Republican primary for the 1st congressional race raking in nearly $3 million dollars [$2,947,291]. In the Democratic race, Missoula attorney Monica Tranel leads the pack raising over $800,000.
MEANWHILE…
In Montana’s 2nd Congressional District, incumbent Republican Rep. Matt Rosendale raised a little over $230,000. The race for the Democratic nomination in the east was reshaped by the death of State Sen. Mark Sweeney, who had been the leading fundraiser in that primary.
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