BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Republican businessman Steve Daines defeated Democrat Kim Gillan on Tuesday in Montana’s U.S. House race to hold onto the state’s congressional seat for the GOP.

Daines, a 50-year-old former technology executive from Bozeman, has never held political office, but he became an early front-runner in the race with a huge edge in campaign contributions. His victory keeps a Republican in Montana’s sole U.S. House seat for a ninth consecutive term.

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