Federal candidate · 2021–2022 cycle · past cycle
Ryan K. Zinke
- Office
- U.S. representative for Montana’s 1st district
- Party
- Republican
- Hometown
- Whitefish, MT
- Born
- 1961
- In Congress
- House since 2015 · 5 years in office
- Current term
- January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
- FEC filing name
- ZINKE, RYAN K
- Next election
- General November 8, 2022 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Montana, District 1
Official websiteX (Twitter)FacebookInstagramFEC pageCongressional biography
Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.
FEC candidate ID H4MT01041 · Principal campaign committee: ZINKE FOR CONGRESS
| Cycle | Office | Raised | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–2026 | U.S. House · Montana District 1 | — | Withdrawn |
| 2023–2024 | U.S. House · Montana District 1 | $10,117,220.53 | Won the general election (52.29%) |
| 2021–2022 | U.S. House · Montana District 1 | $6,713,975.60 | Won the general election (49.65%) |
Total raised$6,713,975.60
Total spent$6,603,927.48
Cash on hand$110,048.12
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00
2021–2022 cycle totals through December 31, 2022, 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$5,511,953.9682%
- PACs and other committees$834,802.6512%
- Party committees$8,250.000%
- Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$337,271.675%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$21,697.320%
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
Committees
- House Committee on Appropriations
- Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
- Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies
- Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
- House Committee on Foreign Affairs
- East Asia and Pacific
- Middle East and North Africa
Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.
PAC and committee contributors
128 committees reported giving $348,650.00 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.
- RANGER PACPAC$12,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- DENALI LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- JUSTICE OPPORTUNITY STRENGTH HONOR PAC (JOSHPAC)Leadership PAC$10,000.00
- BUILD POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS (BUILDPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$7,500.00
- AMERICAN REVIVAL PACPAC$7,500.00
- NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION RURAL BROADBAND PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ABC PAC)PAC$5,000.00
- PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORPORATION PAC Company pagePAC$5,000.00
- NRCCParty committee$5,000.00
- AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- CITIZENS ORGANIZED POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$5,000.00
- CONOCOPHILLIPS SPIRIT PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONVENIENCE STORES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- TEXAS FARM BUREAU AGFUND Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- PEOPLE FOR ENTERPRISE TRADE AND ECONOMIC GROWTH (PETE PAC)PAC$5,000.00
- CONSERVATIVE OPPURTUNITY LEADERSHIP AND ENTERPRISE PAC (COLE PAC)Leadership PAC$5,000.00
- ASSOCIATION OF KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN FRANCHISEES INC PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- SAWTOOTH POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (SAWTOOTH PAC)Leadership PAC$5,000.00
- THE GUARDIAN FUNDLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- TOMORROW IS MEANINGFUL PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- UPPER HAND FUNDLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP FUNDHybrid PAC$5,000.00
Show all 128 committees
- KEEP AMERICA ROLLINGLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- PATRIOTS IN ACTIONLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- OLD NORTH STATE PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
- TENACIOUS PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- BYRON DONALDS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$5,000.00
- SUPPORT TAXFIGHTERS & ELECT EFFECTIVE LEADERS PACHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- TENNESSEE TOUGH PACLeadership PAC$4,500.00
- SAFARI CLUB INTERNATIONAL PAC (SCI-PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$4,000.00
- KEVIN MCCARTHY FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
- CMR POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$4,000.00
- AUSTIN SCOTT FOR CONGRESS INCCandidate committee$4,000.00
- AMERICAN FOREST RESOURCE COUNCIL PACPAC$3,000.00
- RVFPACLeadership PAC$3,000.00
- US ENERGY PAC (THE PAC OF AMERICAN EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION COUNCIL, INC.)PAC$3,000.00
- STOP COLLECTIVISM OR TOTALITARIANISM TRIUMPHS PACLeadership PAC$2,900.00
- PINE TREES PACLeadership PAC$2,900.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS OF U.S.A. POLITICAL FUND (LETTER CARRIER POLITICAL FUND)Connected PAC$2,500.00
- INT'L ASSOCIATION OF BRIDGE, STRUCTURAL, ORNAMENTAL AND REINFORCING IRON WORKERS (IPAL) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- CITIZENS UNITED POLITICAL VICTORY FUND Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- SYNGENTA CORPORATION EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$2,500.00
- WESTERN ENERGY ALLIANCE PACConnected PAC$2,500.00
- DENBURY INC POLITICAL COMMITTEEConnected PAC$2,500.00
- FIRST IN FREEDOM PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP FUNDPAC$2,500.00
- STAR PACPAC$2,500.00
- MUSTANG PACPAC$2,500.00
- ROSEBURG FOREST PRODUCTS CO. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ROSEBURG PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- MAJORITY IN ACTIONPAC$2,100.00
- AMERICAN SUGAR CANE LEAGUE OF USA INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- AT&T INC. EMPLOYEE FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AT&T EMPLOYEE FEDERAL PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BEET SUGAR COOPERATIVE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- ROBERT ADERHOLT FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- WALDEN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- BLESSEY MARINE SERVICE, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- SHOW-ME POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$2,000.00
- VERN BUCHANAN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- WESTERN SUGAR COOPERATIVE PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- JEFF DUNCAN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- ACCOUNTABILITY PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NSSF PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- BRETTPAC-THE LEADERSHIP PAC OF U.S.REPRESENATIVE BRETT GUTHRIELeadership PAC$2,000.00
- VICTORY AND FREEDOM PAC (VAF PAC)Leadership PAC$2,000.00
- JASON SMITH FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- ELISE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- GARRET GRAVES FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- BUDDY PACPAC$2,000.00
- MIKE JOHNSON FOR LOUISIANACandidate committee$2,000.00
- GET AMERICA RIGHT: COMMUNITY IN ACTION - GARCIA PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- NO NONSENSE PACPAC$2,000.00
- OLD BREED PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- CULAC THE PAC OF CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Company pageConnected PAC$1,500.00
- NATIONAL STONE, SAND & GRAVEL ASSOCIATION ROCKPAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,500.00
- DEFEND & UPHOLD OUR NATION NOWLeadership PAC$1,500.00
- HELP ELECT REPUBLICANS NOWLeadership PAC$1,500.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NABPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- THE LOOSE GROUPPAC$1,000.00
- ALASKA AIR GROUP INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pagePAC$1,000.00
- INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY BANKERS OF AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- ACPAC ACA INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$1,000.00
- MARATHON OIL COMPANY EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (MEPAC)Connected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL VICTORY FUNDConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NORTHWESTERN ENERGY MONTANA EMPLOYEE PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- BLUE DIAMOND GROWERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- OMEGA PROTEIN INC. PACPAC$1,000.00
- ELECT - THE PAC OF THE ALABAMA FARMERS FEDERATION Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- CUBIC CORPORATION EMPLOYEES' POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$1,000.00
- TEXANS FOR LAMAR SMITHPAC$1,000.00
- GENERAL ATOMICS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- ONEOK INC. EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$1,000.00
- CAMPAIGN FOR WORKING FAMILIESConnected PAC$1,000.00
- POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS--PAC OF AAOS Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- DALLAS SAFARI CLUB PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- T-MOBILE US, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (T-PAC)Connected PAC$1,000.00
- SPEAK UP AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$1,000.00
- FRIENDS OF COMMUNITY ONCOLOGY PACPAC$1,000.00
- CALPORTLAND COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (CALPORTLAND PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- SMITH & WESSON BRANDS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- DISCOVER FINANCIAL SERVICES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN SECURITY PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- TEAPARTYEXPRESS.ORGPAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (API PAC)Connected PAC$1,000.00
- BUILDING AMERICAN CONSERVATISM PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- ELEKTA HOLDINGS US, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE ('ELEKTAPAC') Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- CONSERVATIVE PROMISES PACPAC$1,000.00
- NEW ENERGY IN WASHINGTON HOUSE PAC (N.E.W. HOUSE PAC)Connected PAC$1,000.00
- RON ESTES FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- RWA FUND, INC.Leadership PAC$1,000.00
- CAROL FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- DEBBIE LESKO FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- NEVER SURRENDER PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- ROUGHRIDER PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- JERRY CARL FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- EXPECT MORE LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- SCONNIE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- COMPLETE PARACHUTE SOLUTIONS INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE "CPS PAC"Connected PAC$1,000.00
- HAGEMAN FOR WYOMINGCandidate committee$1,000.00
- HELLFIRE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- ALL AMERICAN PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- COHERUS BIOSCIENCES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$750.00
- U.S. ISRAEL PAC (USI PAC)Connected PAC$500.00
- COMBAT VETERANS FOR CONGRESS PACConnected PAC$500.00
- AMERICAN PRINCIPLESConnected PAC$500.00
- USANA HEALTH SCIENCES, INC PACPAC$500.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Ryan K Zinke$59,411.60
- Independent expenditures opposing Ryan K Zinke$1,133,268.79
- Company and union communications to members about Ryan K Zinke$3,080.37
FEC totals for the 2022 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.
- BIG SKY VOTERS PACOpposing$1,123,643.00
- HUNTER ACTION FUND (HAF)Supporting$40,000.00
- FREEDOM'S DEFENSE FUNDSupporting$10,000.00
- PRIORITIES USA ACTIONOpposing$9,622.00
- NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL VICTORY FUNDSupporting$5,451.00
- MONTANA REPUBLICAN STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEESupporting$1,794.00
- MORE JOBS, LESS GOVERNMENTSupporting$1,442.00
- THE GUARDIAN FUNDSupporting$722.00
The race
Montana U.S. House, District 1, 2022 · 7 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan K Zinke (UNK) | $6,713,975.60 | $110,048.12 | 2022-12-31 |
| Monica Tranel (D) | $3,088,634.59 | $0.00 | 2022-12-21 |
| Cora Neumann (D) | $1,449,799.79 | $1,541.89 | 2022-12-31 |
| Al Olszewski (R) | $911,660.01 | $17,373.99 | 2022-12-31 |
| Mary Brooks Todd (R) | $455,003.17 | $0.00 | 2022-06-30 |
| Thomas Winter (D) | $178,195.20 | $0.00 | 2022-11-07 |
| Mitch Heuer (R) | $45,000.00 | $7,832.50 | 2022-07-07 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
| Pollster | Dates | Sample | Margin of error | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSU Billings | October 3–14, 2022 | <343 (V) | ± 5.9% | Ryan Zinke 34% · Monica Tranel 25% · John Lamb 17% |
| Victoria Research (D) | September 14–19, 2022 | 400 (LV) | ± 3.4% | Ryan Zinke 41% · Monica Tranel 40% · John Lamb 8% |
| Impact Research (D) | September 14–19, 2022 | 400 (LV) | ± 4.9% | Ryan Zinke 45% · Monica Tranel 43% · John Lamb 3% |
Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2022 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: ZINKE FOR CONGRESS.
- 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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