GOP Rep. Greg Gianforte announced last week that he would run for governor, and two statewide Republicans quickly announced that they would run to succeed him as Montana’s only U.S. House member. On Saturday, Secretary of State Corey Stapleton said he was dropping out of the governor’s contest and would instead campaign for the House seat. On Monday, state Auditor Matt Rosendale, who lost last year’s Senate race to Democratic incumbent Jon Tester, also confirmed he was running for the House. The radical anti-tax Club for Growth had spent months working to recruit Rosendale, and they quickly endorsed his House bid.

Another familiar Republican is also eyeing this race. Former state Judge Russ Fagg said over the weekend he might run, but that he was also considering waiting until 2022 when Montana might gain a second House seat. Both Rosendale and Fagg competed in the 2018 Senate primary, a contest Rosendale won 34-28.

This won’t be the first time we’ve had a race between Stapleton and Rosendale for this House seat. Back in 2014, when then-Rep. Steve Daines left to successfully run for the Senate, Stapleton and Rosendale both ran here. However, it was Ryan Zinke that ended up winning the GOP nod with 33% of the vote, while Stapleton edged Rosendale 30-29 for second place. Two years later, both defeated House candidates won their current statewide positions.

Both Stapleton and Rosendale were initially mentioned as possible Senate candidates in 2018 against Tester, but only Rosendale ended up running. Democrats made sure to remind voters that Rosendale, who worked as a developer, had only moved to Montana from Maryland in 2002, and that he still sports a Maryland accent. Rosendale also ran into problems when Talking Points Memo reported that the self-described “rancher” didn’t own any cattle or actually ranch his property, a story Democrats didn’t hesitate to exploit.