Federal candidate · 2023–2024 cycle · past cycle
Troy Downing
- Office
- U.S. representative for Montana’s 2nd district
- Party
- Republican
- Hometown
- Helena, MT
- Born
- 1967
- In Congress
- House since 2025 · 1 year in office
- Current term
- January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
- FEC filing name
- DOWNING, TROY
- Next election
- Primary June 4, 2024 · General November 5, 2024 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Montana, District 2
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Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.
FEC candidate ID H4MT02098 · Principal campaign committee: TROY DOWNING FOR CONGRESS
| Cycle | Office | Raised | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–2026 | U.S. House · Montana District 2 | $2,733,160.34 | General-election nominee |
| 2023–2024 | U.S. House · Montana District 2 | $2,943,575.08 | Won the general election (65.73%) |
Total raised$2,943,575.08
Total spent$2,832,044.58
Cash on hand$111,530.50
Debts owed by the campaign$999,883.34
Loans from the candidate$1,085,000.00
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$1,419,719.2548%
- PACs and other committees$350,535.1012%
- Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$1,085,002.0037%
- Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$33,092.261%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$55,226.472%
Self-funding: $1,085,002.00 (37% of money raised): $2.00 given and $1,085,000.00 lent by the candidate. $100,000.00 of loans repaid so far.
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
Committees
- House Committee on Financial Services
- Capital Markets
- Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Artificial Intelligence
- Housing and Insurance
- House Committee on Natural Resources
- Indian and Insular Affairs
- Water, Wildlife and Fisheries
Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.
PAC and committee contributors
105 committees reported giving $335,500.00 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.
- INDEPENDENT INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS OF AMERICA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (INSURPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- NATIONAL CATTLEMEN'S BEEF ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NCBA-PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- THE COUNCIL OF INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- REPUBLICAN MAINSTREET PARTNERSHIP PACConnected PAC$10,000.00
- MAJORITY COMMITTEE PAC--MC PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- THE EYE OF THE TIGER POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$10,000.00
- ELECTING MAJORITY MAKING EFFECTIVE REPUBLICANS PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- WITH HONOR PACPAC$10,000.00
- NORTH DAKOTA PETROLEUM COUNCIL, INC. FEDERAL PACPAC$10,000.00
- AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$10,000.00
- E-PACLeadership PAC$7,500.00
- AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$6,000.00
- AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$5,000.00
- BUILD POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS (BUILDPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS PAC OF CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC. Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (INSURING AMERICA PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- SAFARI CLUB INTERNATIONAL PAC (SCI-PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- HOUSE CONSERVATIVES FUNDLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- REPUBLICAN GOVERNANCE GROUP/TUESDAY GROUP PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
- HUCK PACPAC$5,000.00
- FIRST IN FREEDOM PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- BIG SKY OPPORTUNITY PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
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- MR. SOUTHERN MISSOURIAN IN THE HOUSE PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN REVIVAL PACPAC$5,000.00
- RAPTOR PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- FRONTLINE PATRIOTSHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- SEND IN THE SEAL PACPAC$5,000.00
- CONSTELLATION BRANDS INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$4,000.00
- SCALISE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
- EMMER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
- BRANDON GILL FOR TEXASCandidate committee$4,000.00
- THE GUARDIAN FUNDLeadership PAC$3,500.00
- ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- INVESTMENT COMPANY INSTITUTE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ICI PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- MDU RESOURCES GROUP GOOD GOVERNMENT FUND Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- HEALTH CARE SERVICE CORPORATION EMPLOYEES' POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- ZURICH HOLDING COMPANY OF AMERICA, INC. COMMITTEE FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT (Z-PAC, ZURICH PAC)PAC$2,500.00
- BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY RAILPAC (BNSF RAILPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS--PAC OF AAOS Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- CONSERVATIVE OPPORTUNITY LEADERSHIP AND ENTERPRISE PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- BLESSEY MARINE SERVICE, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- WESTERN ENERGY ALLIANCE PACConnected PAC$2,500.00
- PHILLIPS 66 PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- CONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pagePAC$2,500.00
- BOOTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$2,500.00
- SEAL PAC SUPPORTING ELECTING AMERICAN LEADERS PACConnected PAC$2,500.00
- IN THE ARENA PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- DUTY HONOR COUNTRY PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- NORTHWESTERN ENERGY MONTANA EMPLOYEE PACPAC$2,000.00
- DELOITTE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$2,000.00
- SALEM MEDIA GROUP POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE, INC. Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- JIM JORDAN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- ASURION LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ASURION PAC)PAC$2,000.00
- WENSTRUP FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- BULLDOG PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- DEFEND & UPHOLD OUR NATION NOWLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- BUCKEYE LIBERTY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$2,000.00
- JAKE ELLZEY FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- POLARIS NATIONAL SECURITY PAC, INC.Hybrid PAC$2,000.00
- FROGMAN PACPAC$2,000.00
- MOORE FOR WEST VIRGINIA, INC.Candidate committee$2,000.00
- MAKING AMERICA RESTORE LEADERSHIP & INDEPENDENCE NOW POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$2,000.00
- FIGHTING FIRST PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- THE NATIONAL RIGHT TO WORK COMMITTEE PACConnected PAC$1,500.00
- DAKOTA LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC$1,500.00
- AMERICAN HOTEL AND LODGING ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE ('HOTELPAC')Hybrid PAC$1,000.00
- ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ABC PAC)PAC$1,000.00
- PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORPORATION PAC Company pagePAC$1,000.00
- CHEVRON EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - CHEVRON CORPORATION Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- BIPARTISAN VOLUNTARY PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE OF THE PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC. (PNC PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL VICTORY FUNDConnected PAC$1,000.00
- CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PAC (US CHAMBER PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- ALTRIA GROUP, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ALTRIAPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WHOLESALER-DISTRIBUTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN SUGARBEET GROWERS ASSOCIATION PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- GREENBERG TRAURIG, P.A. PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION EMPLOYEES' POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- SUSAN B. ANTHONY LIST INC. CANDIDATE FUND (DBA SUSAN B. ANTHONY PRO-LIFE AMERICA CANDIDATE FUND)Connected PAC$1,000.00
- T-MOBILE US, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (T-PAC)Connected PAC$1,000.00
- WALBERG FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- GUTHRIE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- NEW PIONEERS PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- TENASKA INC EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NSSF PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- LEADERSHIP FOR AMERICA TODAY TOMORROW AND ALWAYS PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- RAZOR PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICA'S FIRST PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- FRIENDS OF DAVE JOYCECandidate committee$1,000.00
- NEW ENERGY IN WASHINGTON HOUSE PAC (N.E.W. HOUSE PAC)Connected PAC$1,000.00
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- CAROL FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- RVFPACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- GEM STATE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- EXPECT MORE LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- OREGON FRONTIER PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- REPUBLICANS UNITED TO DEFEND YOU PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- FLORIDA FREEDOM FUND PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- SELF STORAGE ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$500.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Troy Downing$756,068.97
- Independent expenditures opposing Troy Downing$0.00
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.
- DEFEND AMERICAN JOBSSupporting$509,959.00
- ELECT PRINCIPLED VETERANS FUND (EPV FUND)Supporting$215,052.00
- DEFENDING MAIN STREET SUPERPAC INC.Supporting$29,229.00
The race
Montana U.S. House, District 2, 2024 · 14 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Troy Downing (R) | $2,943,575.08 | $111,530.50 | 2024-12-31 |
| Matt Rosendale (R) | $1,067,698.39 | $920,092.80 | 2024-12-31 |
| Elsie Arntzen (R) | $893,087.96 | $0.00 | 2024-09-09 |
| Dennis R Rehberg (R) | $631,425.21 | $0.00 | 2024-09-30 |
| Stacy Zinn (R) | $154,182.20 | $0.00 | 2024-11-15 |
| Edward Alan Walker (R) | $113,963.42 | $4,467.88 | 2024-12-31 |
| Steve Held (D) | $96,204.00 | $0.00 | 2024-08-11 |
| Joel Krautter (R) | $88,078.89 | $0.00 | 2024-09-24 |
| Kevin Hamm (D) | $71,856.39 | $0.00 | 2024-08-30 |
| Ming A Cabrera (D) | $61,522.00 | $0.00 | 2024-09-30 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
| Pollster | Dates | Sample | Margin of error | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana State University | September 30 – October 16, 2024 | (A) | – | Troy Downing 43% · John Driscoll 26% |
| Fabrizio Ward (R)/ David Binder Research (D) | August 25–29, 2024 | 290 (LV) | – | Troy Downing 52% · John Driscoll 31% |
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: TROY DOWNING 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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