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John Lamb
2022 Libertarian candidate for U.S. House District 1 (West)

John Lamb

Libertarian activist
None available
Active candidates in race
Ryan Zinke
Monica Tranel
John Lamb

John Lamb is a resident of Bozeman. According to an April 15 Facebook post, Lamb said he is running to represent Montana in Congress to “limit government overreach and spending.” His other policy priorities included investigating corrupt politicians and elected officials, opposing abortion and taxes, and supporting the First and Second Amendments.

According to Facebook photos, posts and media articles, Lamb has been a longtime supporter of the Bundy family, which orchestrated an armed takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in 2016. In 2020, he unsuccessfully campaigned to represent Senate District 36 in the state Legislature as a Libertarian.

Lamb did not list a 2022 campaign website on his filing with the Montana secretary of state and did not submit a completed candidate questionnaire to Montana Free Press.

This biography was compiled with information from Lamb’s Facebook page, news articles in which Lamb is quoted, and election result records from the secretary of state’s website.

MTFP coverage

Reporting on this candidate published by the Montana Free Press newsroom.
The Zinke, Tranel (and Lamb) show
10/26/22
Zinke, Tranel debate abortion, affordability and their personal histories
10/3/22
Western district U.S. House candidates on the issues
9/1/22
Tranel, Zinke, and Lamb spar over abortion, climate and energy
8/8/22
Who holds the keys to Montana’s Western congressional seat?
5/19/22
Congressional races up and running
3/14/22
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Campaign finance

Based on reporting required by the U.S. Federal Election Commission. See individual candidate pages on the FEC website or the FEC's race summary page for more information. The FEC summary page may include candidates who haven't filed for the ballot in this race with the Montana secretary of state.
Candidate
Raised
Spent
Remaining
Ryan Zinke (R)
thru 10/19/22
$6.1M
$5.7M
$352k
Monica Tranel (D)
$2.8M
$2.6M
$136k
John Lamb (L)
No FEC filings on record
$0
$0
$0
Cora Neumann (D)
thru 9/30/22
$1.4M
$1.5M
$3k
Al Olszewski (R)
thru 9/30/22
$908k
$871k
$37k
Mary Todd (R)
$455k
$455k
$0
Tom Winter (D)
thru 11/7/22
$178k
$178k
$0
Mitch Heuer (R)
$45k
$37k
$8k
Matt Jette (R)
No FEC filings on record
$0
$0
$0

On the issues

John Lamb didn't respond to MTFP's efforts to collect reponses to issue questions provided to U.S. House candidates via an emailed questionnaire in May 2022.

Election results

Nov. 8 General election vote
Ryan Zinke
50%
120,288
Monica Tranel
46%
112,273
John Lamb
4%
9,307
Count reported by Montana secretary of state as of 11/14/22

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