MISSOULA, Mont.—Five percentage points separate former U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and his closest Republican rival, former Montana Sen. Al Olszewski in a hotly contested race for the Republican congressional nomination in Montana’s District 1 primary оn June 7.
With 28 percent of the votes reported at 11:54 p.m. ЕТ, Zinke led with about 43 percent of the vote. Olszewski trailed with 38 percent. These results reflect about 60 percent of counted ballots after the polls closed at 8 p.m.
On the Democratic side, Missoula attorney Monica Tranel is the projected winner with 66.4 percent of the vote, against Cora Neumann, a public health and lands advocate, with 26.7 percent….