Vice President Pence is heading to Montana on Friday for several events, including campaign work for the GOP candidate in the state's closely watched special election.

Pence will travel to Billings, Mont., to tour a coal company and participate in a listening session with business leaders and Crow Nation tribal leaders along with Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, according to Pence's schedule.

Pence and Zinke will tour Westmoreland Coal Company’s mine, which is on the Crow Indian Reservation, then do the listening session at Westmoreland Resources Inc.

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The vice president will end his day in Montana speaking at a campaign event for Greg Gianforte, who is running in the special election to fill Zinke’s at-large House seat. Gianforte will face off against Democrat Rob Quist on May 25.

Montana’s single seat has been a reliable GOP stronghold, but the race has tightened in the final weeks before the race.

Quist, a Montana musician, is now within single digits of a Gianforte in recent polls and plans to have progressive stalwart Sen. Bernie Sanders Bernie SandersSenate Republicans signal openness to working with Biden Hillicon Valley: DOJ indicts Chinese, Malaysian hackers accused of targeting over 100 organizations | GOP senators raise concerns over Oracle-TikTok deal | QAnon awareness jumps in new poll Schumer, Sanders call for Senate panel to address election security MORE (I-Vt.) campaign for him this month.

Pence isn’t the only member of Trump's inner circle stumping for Gianforte. Donald Trump Donald John TrumpBarr criticizes DOJ in speech declaring all agency power 'is invested in the attorney general' Military leaders asked about using heat ray on protesters outside White House: report Powell warns failure to reach COVID-19 deal could 'scar and damage' economy MORE Jr. returned to Montana Thursday to do several rallies with the Montana Republican.