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“The other district would probably be a pretty hard red district, just looking at where people are.”. It’s still far behind the rapid population growth of 25% experienced by Gallatin County or the 12.3% increase in Flathead County.

Ultimately we’re kind of a populist state. “We would have a potentially more diverse congressional delegation that is a reflection of Montana’s political diversity, which is often underrated. As Montana populations have grown, political voting blocs have developed. Ohio's at-large congressional district existed from 1803 to 1813, from 1913 to 1915, from 1933 to 1953 and from 1963 until 1967, when it was banned by the Voting Rights Act of 1965. then {{format_dollars}}{{start_price}}{{format_cents}} per month. It last elected a US Representative in the Election of 1946.

From 1913 to 1919, those seats were elected statewide At-large on a general ticket. From 1913 to 1993, Montana had two congressional districts. North Dakota's at-large congressional district is the sole congressional district for the state of North Dakota. Binghamton University, Hamilton College, Colgate University, and Utica College are located in the district. Yellowstone County grew at 8.2%. It would be California’s first such loss since it became a state in 1850. The commission has five members, two appointed by Democrats in the Legislature, two by Republican. Montana had two congressional districts from 1913 to 1993 but lost one of its two seats in the reapportionment following the 1990 census. We're using that money to try to go as deep into all those areas to get more and more people locally engaged and working with us.".

There was a problem saving your notification. The Complete Count Committee is targeting those areas, Cooney said, by doing things like setting up subcommittees on each of the reservations and reaching out to places like food banks, libraries and more to help capture people who can be hard to reach.

With the approaching 2020 U.S. Census, Lamson and others believe it will finally be Montana’s turn to get that district back. “We were growing, but we weren’t growing enough compared to what the rest of the country was doing,” said the longtime Democrat operative, who has worked on drawing district lines in the state for decades.


The district is the largest U.S. congressional district by population with just over 1 million constituents. “A bipartisan redistricting commission does state legislative seats, and the same goes for an additional U.S. House seat.