Reuters reports:
Ryan Zinke, a former secretary of the U.S. Interior Department under then-President Donald Trump, who stepped down in 2018 amid ethics probes, won a U.S. House of Representatives seat in Montana, Edison Research projected on Thursday.
Zinke, a Republican who served in the House from 2015 to 2017 before joining the Trump administration, beat Democrat Monica Tranel, an environmental lawyer, and John Lamb, a Libertarian, in the Montana District 1 race.
Zinke, a retired Navy SEAL, resigned in December 2018 under intense scrutiny of his use of security details, chartered flights and a real estate deal.
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