2022 general election
Montana 1st District
The candidate who raised the most money won.
$11M was spent on the 2022 Montana 1st District race: $9.8M raised by the campaigns, $922K of it from PACs, plus $983K from outside groups (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2022). Ryan K. Zinke (Republican) won and was the top fundraiser.
Total money
$11M
Raised by campaigns
$9.8M
PAC checks
$922K
Outside money
$983K
Candidates
Raised by the campaign Outside money supportingOutside money attacking Democrat Republican Other
Ryan K. ZinkeRepublican
✓ Won- Raised
- $6.7M
- Spent
- $6.6M
- From individuals
- $5.5M
- From PACs
- $835K
- From party
- $8K
- Own money & loans
- $0
- Outside money for
- $44K
- Outside money against
- $0
Who paid: 12% of Zinke's money came from PACs
Corporate $44K (14%)Trade group $64K (20%)Leadership PAC $110K (34%)Membership $25K (8%)Union $5K (2%)Super PAC $10K (3%)Party $5K (2%)Other $58K (18%)
- Ranger PAC Other$12K
- Team Josh Leadership PAC$10K
- National Automobile Dealers Association Trade group$10K
- California Real Estate Political Action Committee Membership$10K
- Murkowski Leadership PAC$10K
- National Association of Home Builders Trade group$8K
- American Revival PAC Other$8K
- National Association of Convenience Stores Trade group$5K
Biggest outside spenders
- Hunter Action Fund (Haf) · $42K supporting
- Montana Republican State Central Committee · $2K supporting
Monica TranelDemocrat
✗ Lost- Raised
- $3.1M
- Spent
- $3.1M
- From individuals
- $3.0M
- From PACs
- $87K
- From party
- $3K
- Own money & loans
- $40K
- Outside money for
- $0
- Outside money against
- $939K
Who paid: 3% of Tranel's money came from PACs
Corporate $2K (3%)Trade group $5K (7%)Leadership PAC $17K (24%)Membership $15K (20%)Union $7K (10%)Super PAC $19K (27%)Other $7K (9%)
- American Association for Justice (Aaj) Membership$10K
- Tri-State Maxed-Out Women Super PAC$6K
- Tester Leadership PAC$5K
- Progressive Turnout Project Super PAC$5K
- Hoyer Leadership PAC$5K
- Newdem Summer Victory Fund Other$5K
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers & Trainmen PAC Fund Union$5K
- Jobs, Education, & Families First Jeff PAC Leadership PAC$5K
Biggest outside spenders
- More Jobs, Less Government · $939K attacking
Plus 1 other candidate on the ballot with no reported money.
Questions people ask
- How much money was spent on the 2022 Montana 1st District race?
- $11M was spent on the 2022 Montana 1st District race: $9.8M raised by the campaigns, $922K of it from PACs, plus $983K from outside groups (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2022). Ryan K. Zinke (Republican) won and was the top fundraiser.
- Who raised the most money in the 2022 Montana 1st District race?
- Ryan K. Zinke (Republican) raised $6.7M and had $44K in outside spending on their side.
- Which outside groups spent the most on the 2022 Montana 1st District race?
- More Jobs, Less Government ($939K), Hunter Action Fund (Haf) ($42K), Montana Republican State Central Committee ($2K).
- Which PACs gave the most to candidates in the 2022 Montana 1st District race?
- Ranger PAC gave $12K to Ryan K. Zinke; Justice Opportunity Strength Honor PAC (Joshpac) gave $10K to Ryan K. Zinke; National Automobile Dealers Association Political Action Committee gave $10K to Ryan K. Zinke.