{"id":1510425,"date":"2022-06-10T12:21:05","date_gmt":"2022-06-10T16:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1510425"},"modified":"2022-06-10T12:22:27","modified_gmt":"2022-06-10T16:22:27","slug":"ryan-zinke-trumps-former-interior-secretary-narrowly-wins-gop-house-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ryan-zinke-trumps-former-interior-secretary-narrowly-wins-gop-house-primary\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Zinke, Trump\u2019s Former Interior Secretary, Narrowly Wins GOP House Primary"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fryan-zinke-trumps-former-interior-secretary-narrowly-wins-gop-house-primary%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1510425&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A Republican who served in former President Donald Trump\u2019s cabinet won the primary for Montana\u2019s 1st Congressional District, according to projections from multiple election forecasters Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Former U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, who served in the Trump administration between 2017 and 2019, narrowly won the nomination with 41.7% of the vote, Reuters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/trump-era-interior-secretary-zinke-wins-montana-us-house-republican-primary-2022-06-10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>. Former state lawmaker Dr. Albert Olszewski, one of four Republicans vying for the spot, received 39.8% of the vote.<\/p>\n<p>The primary was held Tuesday, but a winner was not projected until Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Trump endorsed Zinke in May, adding another win to the former president\u2019s record in contested primaries, Reuters reported. His success rate thus far has been mixed, consisting of both wins, such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/03\/jd-vance-wins-ohio-senate-primary-tim-ryan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ohio<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/06\/03\/mccormick-concedes-dr-oz-pennsylvania-senate-primary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pennsylvania<\/a> Senate primaries, and losses, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/24\/brian-kemp-wins-georgia-donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Georgia<\/a>\u2018s gubernatorial primary.<\/p>\n<p>Zinke served in the House before taking the interior secretary post, Reuters reported. He resigned after his use of security details, chartered flights and a real estate deal drew scrutiny, but has consistently denied abusing the position. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/29\/pivotal-primary-races-2022-midterms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Here Are The 12 Pivotal Primary Races Of 2022)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7448287\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7448287\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">US President Donald Trump speaks to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke as they attend the lighting of the National Christmas Tree in Washington, DC, on November 28, 2018. (Photo by JIM WATSON\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oversight.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/oig-reports\/DOI\/WebReactFormerSecretaryEthicalNoncompliance.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">report<\/a> from the Interior Department\u2019s Office of Inspector General released in February alleged Zinke violated ethics rules by negotiating a land development deal during his time in office and not disclosing it during questioning by an ethics official.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnly in Biden\u2019s corrupt admin is talking to my neighbor a sin,\u201d Zinke <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RyanZinke\/status\/1494022235077558273\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeted<\/a> in February. \u201c5 years ago our family created a free and open space for people to enjoy in Whitefish. We are proud of the children\u2019s sledding park that dozens of kids use every weekend &#038; countless locals use for exercise every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zinke is favored in the race against Democratic nominee Monica Trane, an attorney, with a Cook Political Report <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cookpolitical.com\/redistricting\/2022-maps-and-ratings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rating<\/a> of R+7.<\/p>\n<p>Montana previously only had one congressional district but received another after the 2020 Census. Republican Rep. Matt Rosendale, who currently holds the state\u2019s at-large district, chose to run in the new 2nd Congressional District.<\/p>\n<p>Representatives for Zinke did not immediately return TheDCNF\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Republican who served in former President Donald Trump\u2019s cabinet won the primary for Montana\u2019s 1st Congressional District, according to projections from multiple election forecasters Thursday.Former U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":205,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1510425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1510425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/205"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1510425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1510425\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1510425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1510425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1510425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}