🚨RATINGS CHANGE🚨: Cook Political Report Shifts MT-01 Toward Monica Tranel

Cook Political Report : "Tranel has demonstrated an ability to take advantage of Zinke's vulnerabilities"

Today, the non-partisan election forecaster Cook Political Report moved Montana's 1st Congressional District from "Likely Republican" to "Lean Republican."

Cook Political Report: "The former interior secretary's long list of ethics issues, which ultimately resulted in him resigning from the Trump administration, have continued to haunt him, and Tranel has been on TV since July reminding voters of the 18 federal investigations - particularly the ones surrounding shady real estate deals."

Recent polling shows Tranel and Zinke are virtually tied, despite Republicans outnumbering Democrats by 10 points in the district. Ryan Zinke is uniquely vulnerable as he loses ground with independent and Republican voters.

DCCC Spokesperson Mallory Payne:
"Montanans are fed up with Ryan Zinke's long pattern of corruption and selling out Montana families for his own personal gain. Monica Tranel has spent her life taking on out-of-state corporations trying to rip off Montanans and that's why voters will send her to Congress."