Not a redistricting thread when you're (potentially) finally getting that second seat you should've gotten back already.
MT had two districts from 1913-1993, although until 1919 it elected two congressmen at-large. The first district was in the west, the second in the east. When the seats were forced to combine in 1992, Pat Williams (D) defeated the eastern Ron Marlenee (R) 50.5-47. Both had been in Congress since the late 1970s.
Williams would retire before 1996, and the Republicans won the seat 52-43 in that election. The seat has been Republican held since, now by schoolyard bully Greg Gianforte. The last two elections have been the most competitive, but Gianforte has managed to win as a result of the state's partisan lean.
I've whipped up a nonpartisan map that restores what once was before the 1990s:
https://davesredistricting.org/join/14f111af-367c-493b-9cf9-5fee79a33077 
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