DDHQ · called Nov. 4, 1:04 a.m. CST; returns 2:40 a.m. CST, 78% reporting. National House geographic context map: Nov. 4, 2:43 a.m. CST. State bands show seat counts, not district boundaries; stripes mark called flips.
Democrat Sam Forstag defeated Republican Aaron Flint in Montana’s 1st Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ. The result flips the western Montana seat from Republican control to Democrats.
With 78% reporting, DDHQ’s Nov. 4, 2:40 a.m. Central returns showed Forstag with 105,713 votes, or 51.47%, and Flint with 93,993 votes, or 45.76%. Libertarian Nick Sheedy had 5,680 votes, or 2.77%. Forstag led Flint by 11,720 votes in that snapshot.