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Source: CNN
Republican Greg Gianforte has won the special election for Montana's open US House seat, CNN projects, defeating Democrat Rob Quist and capping off a whirlwind final 36 hours of the campaign that saw Gianforte being charged for allegedly assaulting a reporter.
With 77% of precincts reporting, Gianforte had 159,757 votes - or 50.4% of the vote, compared to Quist who has 138,325 votes, 43.7% of the vote, according to Edison Research.
Gianforte was considered the favorite heading into Thursday's election to fill the seat once held by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, but that was before he allegedly "body-slammed" a reporter during his final campaign event in Bozeman on Wednesday.
By midnight Wednesday, the Gallatin County Sheriff's office had charged Gianforte with misdemeanor assault.
Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/25/politics/montana-special-election-results/
Montana Sec. of State website: http://mtelectionresults.gov/resultsSW.aspx?typeFED&mapCTY