Federal candidate · 2023–2024 cycle · past cycle
Monica Tranel
- Party
- Democratic
- Running for
- U.S. House · Montana District 1
- Filing address
- Missoula, MT (city and state on the FEC filing)
- FEC filing name
- TRANEL, MONICA
- Next election
- Primary June 4, 2024 · General November 5, 2024 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Montana, District 1
FEC candidate ID H2MT02092 · Principal campaign committee: MONICA TRANEL FOR MONTANA
| Cycle | Office | Raised | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023–2024 | U.S. House · Montana District 1 | $6,225,655.30 | General-election nominee |
| 2021–2022 | U.S. House · Montana District 1 | $3,088,634.59 | Lost the general election (46.49%) |
Total raised$6,225,655.30
Total spent$6,205,245.86
Cash on hand$30,295.09
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00
2023–2024 cycle totals through December 31, 2024, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.
Where the money comes from
- Individual contributions$5,352,238.7786%
- PACs and other committees$405,180.697%
- Party committees$7,729.350%
- Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$11,025.000%
- Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$446,799.357%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$2,682.140%
Self-funding: $11,025.00 (0% of money raised): $11,025.00 given and $0.00 lent by the candidate.
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
PAC and committee contributors
112 committees reported giving $393,889.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.
- JSTREETPAC Company pageConnected PAC$39,519.00
- EMILYS LISTConnected PAC$10,000.00
- AMERIPAC: THE FUND FOR A GREATER AMERICALeadership PAC$10,000.00
- NEW DEMOCRAT COALITION ACTION FUNDConnected PAC$10,000.00
- TREASURE STATE PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- HMPHybrid PAC$10,000.00
- PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECTHybrid PAC$10,000.00
- JOBS, EDUCATION, & FAMILIES FIRST JEFF PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- ELECT DEMOCRATIC WOMENConnected PAC$10,000.00
- LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS ACTION FUND Company pageConnected PAC$9,986.00
- DCCCParty committee$9,308.00
- TRI-STATE MAXED-OUT WOMENHybrid PAC$9,000.00
- EVERGREEN PACLeadership PAC$9,000.00
- FAIR SHOT PACLeadership PAC$7,500.00
- NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN AND PUBLIC EDUCATION Company pageConnected PAC$7,000.00
- MOMS FED UPPAC$7,000.00
- SMART TD PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA - COPE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL ACTIONHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATIONPAC$5,000.00
- BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS & TRAINMEN PAC FUND Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- WOMEN'S POLITICAL COMMITTEE FEDERALPAC$5,000.00
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- AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ASA PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- PLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND INC PAC, DBA PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERAL PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- PAC TO THE FUTURELeadership PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OB-GYNS PAC (OB-GYN PAC) Company pagePAC$5,000.00
- CA LUV PAC (CALIFORNIA LEADERSHIP UNITED FOR VICTORY PAC)Leadership PAC$5,000.00
- SUNFLOWER SEEDS PACPAC$5,000.00
- DEFEND THE VOTEHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- VOTE SAVE AMERICAPAC$5,000.00
- FIGHT LIKE HELL PACHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- HOLD THE LINE PACPAC$5,000.00
- JEFFRIES FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
- EQUALITY PACConnected PAC$3,500.00
- FRONTLINE USALeadership PAC$3,300.00
- BIG SKY VALUESPAC$3,300.00
- WAY BACK PACHybrid PAC$3,300.00
- BLUE MOMENTUM PACLeadership PAC$3,000.00
- SPIKE PACLeadership PAC$3,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADES POLITICAL ACTION TOGETHER POLITICAL COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION OF AMERICA POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN PACConnected PAC$2,500.00
- EDPACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- LOS ANGELES WOMEN'S GIVING COLLECTIVE PACConnected PAC$2,500.00
- GREAT CHAIN PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$2,000.00
- NANCY PELOSI FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- DOGGETT FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- COMMITTEE FOR A DEMOCRATIC FUTURELeadership PAC$2,000.00
- SHORE PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- MONTANANS FOR TESTERCandidate committee$2,000.00
- DELBENE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- SCHNEIDER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- PETE AGUILAR FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- KATHERINE CLARK FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- FRIENDS OF DON BEYERCandidate committee$2,000.00
- DR KIM SCHRIER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- BRIDGE THE GAP PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- MARCH ON PACHybrid PAC$2,000.00
- CAROLINA VICTORY FUNDLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- BEYOND THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- COURAGEOUS LEADERSPAC$2,000.00
- REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL PACConnected PAC$1,600.00
- JOINT ACTION COMMITTEE FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRSConnected PAC$1,500.00
- NATIONAL EMERGENCY MEDICINE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE / AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS Company pageConnected PAC$1,500.00
- PACIFIC PALISADES DEMOCRATIC CLUB CAMPAIGN ACCOUNTConnected PAC$1,500.00
- END CITIZENS UNITEDConnected PAC$1,500.00
- NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY & MEDICARE PACConnected PAC$1,325.00
- REVIVING AMERICAN JOBS AGAIN PACLeadership PAC$1,001.00
- NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN, INC. PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- SIERRA CLUB POLITICAL COMMITTEEConnected PAC$1,000.00
- FRIENDS OF THE EARTH ACTION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- SHERMAN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- MAX'S PACPAC$1,000.00
- CHC BOLD PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- DEMOCRATS RESHAPING AMERICA (DREAMPAC)Leadership PAC$1,000.00
- ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED AMERICANS POLITICAL ACTION FUND Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- MAC PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN DEFENSE AND MILITARY PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- LOBO PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- JULIA BROWNLEY FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- GRACE FOR NEW YORKCandidate committee$1,000.00
- ATHENA PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- PERIMETER PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- CLEAN PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- BRITTANY PETTERSEN FOR COLORADOCandidate committee$1,000.00
- KATHY MANNING FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- DEMOCRACY SUMMER LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- PATTERN ENERGY GROUP INC. PAC (PATTERN PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN MOSAIC PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- DMFI PACHybrid PAC$1,000.00
- FIGHT FOR PROGRESS PACHybrid PAC$1,000.00
- BEAT THE ODDS PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- LEADING PEOPLE FORWARD PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- LIFTOFF PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- CE4A ACTIONHybrid PAC$1,000.00
- BUDWINSKI PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- A PLEASANT PENINSULA PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- DEMOCRATIC TURNOUT PROJECT PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- ELFRETH FOR MARYLANDCandidate committee$1,000.00
- BLUEGRASS PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- REBUILD AMERICA PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- ENVIRONMENT AMERICA INC. VOTER ACTION (ABBV. 'ENVIRONMENT AMERICA VOTER ACTION')Connected PAC$500.00
- POPULATION CONNECTION ACTION FUND PAC PCAF PACConnected PAC$500.00
- DEMOCRATIC CONSERVATION ALLIANCE PACPAC$500.00
- DEFEAT REPUBLICANS PACPAC$500.00
- EMILIA SYKES FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$500.00
- SQUARE ONE POLITICSHybrid PAC$250.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Monica Tranel$467,603.06
- Independent expenditures opposing Monica Tranel$558,910.01
FEC totals for the 2024 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.
Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.
- YOUR COMMUNITY PACSupporting$427,360.00
- CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP FUNDOpposing$369,406.00
- MAKE MONTANA GREATOpposing$189,500.00
- PLANNED PARENTHOOD VOTESSupporting$22,408.00
- PROTECT OUR WINTERS ACTION FUNDSupporting$14,839.00
- FOOD AND WATER ACTIONSupporting$1,512.00
- FRIENDS OF THE EARTH (ACTION) INCSupporting$899.00
- MOMSRISING TOGETHERSupporting$384.00
- GIVEGREEN UNITED ACTIONSupporting$127.00
- LCV VICTORY FUNDSupporting$2.00
The race
Montana U.S. House, District 1, 2024 · 3 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monica Tranel (D) | $6,225,655.30 | $30,295.09 | 2024-12-31 |
| Ryan K Zinke (R) | $10,117,220.53 | $680,531.01 | 2024-12-31 |
| Mary Todd (R) | $122,732.43 | $0.00 | 2024-06-30 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
| Pollster | Dates | Sample | Margin of error | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Impact Research (D) | October 14–17, 2024 | 500 (LV) | ± 4.4% | Ryan Zinke 46% · Monica Tranel 45% · Dennis Hayes 4% |
| Guidance Polling and Strategy | October 13–16, 2024 | 400 (LV) | ± 4.9% | Ryan Zinke 52% · Monica Tranel 44% |
| Montana State University | September 30 – October 16, 2024 | (A) | – | Ryan Zinke 44% · Monica Tranel 37% · Dennis Hayes 4% |
| Noble Predictive Insights | September 11–14, 2024 | 432 (LV) | ± 4.7% | Ryan Zinke 49% · Monica Tranel 44% |
| DCCC (D) | September 11–13, 2024 | 864 (LV) | ± 3.3% | Ryan Zinke 46% · Monica Tranel 45% |
| Impact Research (D) | August 26–29, 2024 | 500 (LV) | ± 4.4% | Ryan Zinke 46% · Monica Tranel 44% · Dennis Hayes 4% |
Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Montana (retrieved October 23, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.
Sources and updates
- Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: MONICA TRANEL FOR MONTANA.
- Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.
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