{"id":83543,"date":"2026-06-03T20:22:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T20:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/sam-forstag-wins-democratic-primary-in-montanas-1st-congressional-district-cbs-news-projects\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T20:22:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T20:22:20","slug":"sam-forstag-wins-democratic-primary-in-montanas-1st-congressional-district-cbs-news-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/sam-forstag-wins-democratic-primary-in-montanas-1st-congressional-district-cbs-news-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Forstag wins Democratic primary in Montana&#8217;s 1st Congressional District, CBS News projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Democrat <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/democrats-blue-wave-montana-first-congressional-district-sam-forstag\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Sam Forstag<\/a><\/span> won his party&#8217;s primary in Montana&#8217;s 1st Congressional District on Tuesday, CBS News projects.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The nonpartisan Cook Political Report rates the House race as likely Republican, but Democrats believe they have a chance to flip the open seat in November as they try to retake the majority for the final two years of President Trump&#8217;s second term.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The seat is currently held by GOP Rep. Ryan Zinke, who <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/ryan-zinke-montana-wont-seek-reelection-latest-gop-retirement\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">announced his retirement<\/a><\/span> in early March, citing health issues from his time as a Navy SEAL as the driving factor for his decision. Zinke said he risked missing votes in the future as he recovers from medical treatment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Zinke first represented Montana in Congress beginning 2015, taking a hiatus from 2017 to 2019 to lead the Department of Interior during President Trump&#8217;s first term. He resigned from the Cabinet role amid ethics investigations. He ran again for Congress in 2022, beating his Democratic opponent by three percentage points. In a rematch in 2024, he increased his lead to nearly eight percentage points.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If Forstag wins the House race in November, it would be the first time in 30 years that a Democrat has represented Montana in the lower chamber.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The way you win an election in this state, and I actually think the way you actually have some path to victory for the national party, is A: you win back working people, right?&#8221; Forstag <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/democrats-blue-wave-montana-first-congressional-district-sam-forstag\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">told CBS News<\/a><\/span> in an interview earlier this year. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve got to win back union members like me, who have felt like both parties have abandoned them. And we need to win back young people who feel like in a place like Western Montana, you&#8217;ve got a generation, or two generations of people that can&#8217;t even conceive of ever owning a home in this state.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Forstag, a smokejumper and union leader, had the backing of Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Vermont independent, and Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York. The American Federation of Government Employees, the largest federal employee union, also endorsed Forstag.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ocasio-Cortez campaigned with Forstag in the final days of the campaign.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When something is burning in this state, Sam runs towards the fire. That&#8217;s the kind of person he is, and that&#8217;s the kind of person we have the opportunity to send to Congress,&#8221; she said at a campaign rally in Missoula on Thursday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Forstag&#8217;s primary challengers were former firearms company executive Ryan Busse, Navy veteran and rancher Russ Cleveland and Army veteran and rancher Matt Rains.\u00a0<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"chartbeat\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  component--type-recirculation-collection\">\n<div class=\"component__heading-wrapper recirc\">\n<h3 class=\"component__title\">2026 Midterm Elections<br \/>\n                          <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/feature\/2026-midterm-elections\/?intcid=CNI-00-10aaa3a\" class=\"component__view-more component__view-more--lg\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><br \/>\n                More<br \/>\n                <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"icon__caret-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                  <use xlink:href=\"#icon-caret-down\"\/>\n                <\/svg><br \/>\n              <\/a><br \/>\n                      <\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"component__item-recirc-block\">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">Go deeper with The Free Press<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><br \/>\n    <\/section>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/montana-congressional-district-1-democratic-primary-results-sam-forstag\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrat Sam Forstag won his party&#8217;s primary in Montana&#8217;s 1st Congressional District on Tuesday, CBS News projects.\u00a0 The nonpartisan Cook<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":83544,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Sam Forstag wins Democratic primary in Montana&#039;s 1st Congressional District, CBS News projects - World News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Democrats are hoping to pick up the open seat. 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