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U.S. House, District 2: who gets your vote?

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TROY DOWNING

U.S. House · Montana District 2

NationalRepublican

Candidate
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BRIAN J MILLER

Running for U.S. House · Montana District 2

NationalDemocrat

TROY DOWNINGCurrent repBRIAN J MILLERChallenger

Job fit

TROY DOWNING

Offices held

  • Most recently, Congressman Downing served as Montana State Auditor 1
  • Republican Congressman Troy Downing is currently serving his first term as the United States Representative for Montana’s Second Congressional District. 1

Other work

  • He joined the U.S. Air Force and Air National Guard, ultimately serving eight years with a Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) squadron including two tours of duty to Afghanistan. 1

BRIAN J MILLER

Other work

  • I then went into private practice at the Morrison, Sherwood, and Wilson, Deola, law firm in September of 2010. 2
  • I clerked at the Montana Supreme Court for three years under Justice Patricia Cotter. 2

Education

  • I graduated from University of Montana Law School in 2007 2

Top issues

Ranked by what Americans say matters most (Pew, 2026)

TROY DOWNING

No stated positions on file yet.

BRIAN J MILLER

  • Health care costs
    "We gotta start trying some different approaches, I mean like Germany for instance has a very different multi-payer system. Maybe we try that here," Miller said, also criticizing cuts to Medicaid. 3
  • Cost of living & jobs
    "There are times when government needs to come in and help stimulate new industries... sometimes there's too much risk for private entrepreneurs, and so sometimes the government needs to kind of help kickstart things." 4
  • Guns
    "Why aren't you guys standing up for the 2nd Amendment rights for everybody?... They're going after Second Amendment now," Miller said of federal overreach under Trump. 5

No public stance found on: Crime & safety

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How they voted on top issues

We haven't found votes on top issues for either candidate yet.

Who pays them

TROY DOWNING

Where the campaign money came from6

small donorslarge donorscompaniesindustry associationsother politiciansOther kinds of donors
small donors$496Klarge donors$731Kcompanies$328Kindustryassociations$172Kotherpoliticians$77KOther kinds ofdonors$132K$2.0M raised
$496,2436Small individual donors
$731,4636Large individual donors

BRIAN J MILLER

Where the campaign money came from7

small donorslarge donors
small donors$5Klarge donors$8K$19K raised
$4,9167Small individual donors
$8,4237Large individual donors

Checks

TROY DOWNING

Checks run: missed votes

Nothing raised by these checks.

Not checked yet: stock trades

BRIAN J MILLER

No voting record to check yet

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Sources

  1. About | Representative Troy Downing (saved web-tool text capture; retrieved 2026-10-19) · checked 2026-10-19 used in: Experience
  2. BIO | Miller For Congress (saved web-tool text capture; retrieved 2026-10-19) · checked 2026-10-19 used in: Experience
  3. nbcmontana.com used in: Top issues
  4. ypradio.org used in: Top issues
  5. carboncountynews.com used in: Top issues
  6. FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money
  7. FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money
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Candidate A

BRIAN J MILLER

DemocratShown above

No federal record yet. Campaign money: $19K raised, 44% from large donors, 5% from organized interests. Group breakdown unavailable. The filed PAC total is known, but its givers have not been identified here.
Filed PAC total: $1,000.00 (5% of $19,170.55 raised), 2026 cycle. Group source

Says they are for: government paying more of the bill, government spending and worker protections, more legal ways in, and protection for people already here.

Sources

1 Background: BIO | Miller For Congress (saved web-tool text capture; retrieved 2026-10-19) · checked 2026-10-19

2 The money: FEC · 2026 cycle

3 government paying more of the bill: Candidate statement

4 government spending and worker protections: Candidate statement

5 more legal ways in, and protection for people already here: Candidate statement

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Candidate B

MICHAEL D EISENHAUER

Independent

🚩 No federal record yet. Campaign money: $46K raised, 89% from large donors, 5% from organized interests. Group coverage unverified: filing cutoffs and receipt scope have not been reconciled. Named amounts are not a complete split of the filed PAC total.
Filed PAC total: $2,500.00 (5% of $46,199.32 raised), 2026 cycle.
Named group amounts (not a complete filed split): $250.00, Group filing cutoff unavailable. Group source

Sources

1 Background: Meet Dr. Eisenhauer - Eisenhauer for Congress (saved web-tool text capture; retrieved 2026-10-19) · checked 2026-10-19

2 The money: FEC · 2026 cycle

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Candidate C

PATRICK MCCRACKEN

Libertarian

We don't have campaign money records for this race yet.

Sources

1 Background: Q&A: Patrick McCracken, Libertarian eastern district U.S. House candidate (saved web-tool text capture; retrieved 2026-10-19) · checked 2026-10-19

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Candidate D

TROY DOWNING

RepublicanShown above

🚩 $2.0M raised, 37% from large donors, 34% from organized interests. Group amounts exceed the filed PAC total. These sources do not reconcile; no complete split or remainder is claimed.
Filed PAC total: $681,677.55 (34% of $2,001,049.79 raised), 2026 cycle.
Named group amounts (not a complete filed split): $708,200.00, Group filing cutoff unavailable. Group source

Sources

1 Background: About | Representative Troy Downing (saved web-tool text capture; retrieved 2026-10-19) · checked 2026-10-19

2 The money: FEC · 2026 cycle

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