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2002 United States House of Representatives election in Montana

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Field	Value
election_name	2002 United States House of Representatives election in Montana
country	Montana
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	2000 United States House of Representatives election in Montana
previous_year	2000
election_date	November 5, 2002
next_election	2004 United States House of Representatives election in Montana
next_year	2004
seats_for_election	All 2 Hawaii seats to the United States House of Representatives
image1	File:Denny rehberg.jpg
image_size	150x150px
nominee1	Denny Rehberg
party1	Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote1	214,100
percentage1	64.62%
image2	3x4.svg
nominee2	Steve Kelly
party2	Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote2	108,233
percentage2	32.67%
map_image	Montana's at-large congressional district election, 2002 results by county.svg
map_caption	County results
Rehberg:
Kelly:
title	U.S. Representative
before_election	Denny Rehberg
before_party	Republican Party (United States)
after_election	Denny Rehberg
after_party	Republican Party (United States)

Rehberg:
Kelly:

The 2002 United States House of Representatives election in Montana was held on November 5, 2002, to determine who will represent the state of Montana in the United States House of Representatives. Montana had one at-large district in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States census, due to its low population. Representatives are elected for two-year terms.

Republican Denny Rehberg, the former lieutenant governor of Montana, sought re-election to a second term in the United States House of Representatives, winning the party's renomination unopposed in the June 4 primary. Two Democrats — rancher Robert Candee and small business owner Steve Kelly — sought their party's nomination; Kelly ultimately prevailed with 74 percent of the vote in the primary. In the general election, Rehberg won with almost 65 percent of the vote to Kelly's 33 percent, while Libertarian Mike Fellows received nearly 3 percent.

Background

Kelly, the Democratic nominee, had previously run for office as both an independent and a Republican, in 1994 running as an independent candidate for the US House and earning 9 percent of the vote, and in 1998 running as a candidate in the Republican primary for Gallatin County Commissioner. Kelly observed that his independent candidacy eight years earlier had displeased some Democrats, who felt that he pulled votes from the Democratic nominee; however, Kelly observed that the Democrat still won the race, so he was not a spoiler.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Robert Candee, rancher
Steve Kelly, businessman and 1994 independent candidate for Congress

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Denny Rehberg, incumbent, former Lieutenant Governor of Montana (1990–1996), and 1996 Republican Senate nominee

Results

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball		November 4, 2002
New York Times		October 14, 2002

Campaign

Rehberg won the endorsement of the Montana Teamsters Union, the first time in Montana history that the union endorsed a Republican statewide candidate. The candidates' first debate was held on June 22, at the annual convention of the Montana Newspaper Association.

Results

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Missoula (Largest city: Missoula)
Cascade (largest city: Great Falls)
Lewis and Clark (largest city: Helena)
Rosebud (largest city: Colstrip)
Roosevelt (largest city: Wolf Point)
Hill (largest city: Havre)
Blaine (largest city: Chinooko)
Sheridan (Largest city: Plentywood)

Aftermath

Kelly would go on to be the Green nominee for Senate in 2018, although he would be removed from the ballot prior to Election Day.

References

(April 30, 2002). "Demo Hopeful Shoots for Upset".
(June 4, 2002). "2002 Statewide Primary Canvass".
(6 November 2002). "50 most competitive House races of 2002". Sabato's Crystal Ball.
(14 October 2002). "2002 Senate, House and Governor Ratings". The New York Times.
"State: Historic First: Teamsters Endorse Rehberg For Congress".
(June 23, 2002). "House debate focuses on economy".
Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 2002". [[U.S. Government Printing Office]].
(July 10, 2018). "Montana Green Party Removed From November Ballots".

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