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WASHINGTON Vice President Mike Pence plans to travel to Montana next week to campaign for a Republican congressional candidate running in a special election.

The vice president's office said Friday that Pence is expected to campaign for Greg Gianforte during the weekend of May 13. Details on the trip have not yet been finalized.

Montana is holding a May 25 special election to fill the seat vacated by Ryan Zinke, who resigned from Congress earlier this year to serve as President Donald Trump's Interior secretary.

Gianforte is competing against Democrat Rob Quist and Libertarian Mark Wicks for the state's only congressional seat.

A spokesman for Gianfortes campaign could not immediately be reached for comment.

Trump's sonDonald Trump Jr.is campaigning for Gianforte next week in Helena, Great Falls and Sidney, making his second trip on the GOP candidate's behalf.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., announced hell becoming to Montana in Mayto campaign for Quist, but those dates are still undetermined.

Pence's trip was first reported byThe Washington Post.

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Vice President Mike Pence to campaign for Greg Gianforte in Montana - The Missoulian