# Rep. Greg Gianforte vs. ? for Montana Rep. seat 2018

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rep-greg-gianforte-vs-for-montana-rep-seat-2018/801945>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [November 18, 2017, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rep-greg-gianforte-vs-for-montana-rep-seat-2018/801945 "2017-11-18T01:48:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2017, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rep-greg-gianforte-vs-for-montana-rep-seat-2018/801945/1 "2017-11-18T01:48:15Z")

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[Apparently Mr. Gianforte has already filed to run for re-election](https://apnews.com/3dc0218f84a24e779b91b995882e4964/Montana-congressman-misled-investigators-in-assault-case):

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> Gianforte is up for re-election for the seat next year and has filed to run. Six Democrats so far have lined up hoping to challenge him.

If you don’t quite remember Mr. Gianforte from earlier this year, he was the candidate that attacked and beat a journalist while a Fox News crew (and his own campaign staffers) watched in horror.

Well, he’s back in the news because documents from the case were finally released to news organizations that had sought them and I saw that little nugget and figured we might as well start watching this race now, especially seeing as how there are currently 6 Democratic candidates lined up to take a shot at him. I’m thinking that will provide a lively primary round, and I’m pretty sure the main event will be fun to watch too.

My first question is: how do we see what Mr. Gianforte has been up to since he arrived in Washington?

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**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2017, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rep-greg-gianforte-vs-for-montana-rep-seat-2018/801945/2 "2017-11-18T03:28:02Z")

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> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#):
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> My first question is: how do we see what Mr. Gianforte has been up to since he arrived in Washington?

Look in the police blotter for assaults.

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**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2017, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rep-greg-gianforte-vs-for-montana-rep-seat-2018/801945/3 "2017-11-18T05:12:25Z")

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> [@Saint\_Cad](#):
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> Look in the police blotter for assaults.

If he won his race by 7-8 points, you can probably assume that next year’s race will be tigther. He’s still a favorite but if the economy goes south and the whole country sours on GOP, he has a good cahnce