Ryan Zinke, a former Trump administration official, narrowly won the Republican primary for Montana’s 1st Congressional District on Thursday, according to results posted to the Montana secretary of state’s website.
According to the preliminary result numbers, Zinke defeated former state Senator and his closest Republican rival, Al “Doc” Olszewski by just over 1,608 votes out of 84, 543 cast in the race, with Olszewski receiving 33,633 votes and Zinke garnering 35,241.
