Ezra Cohen-Watnik isn't the only one on the Hill that knows people at Oracle

With Gianforte's win, two of Montana's three congressional reps have ties to Oracle

Gianforte and Daines have been doing business together since 1999.

Oracle employees contributed to the two campaigns.

Montana is an agriculture-heavy state, but technology has outsized influence in Washington.

In addition to representing Montana for the past five years, first as a congressman and now as a senator, Daines is quite familiar with fellow Republican Gianforte. They worked together for 12 years at a customer relationship management (CRM) software company called RightNow Technologies, which Oracle acquired in 2012 for $1.5 billion.

Before that, the former tech executives partnered on a construction project to build RightNow's headquarters in Bozeman.

Montana's economy is heavy in mining, transportation and agricultural products like beef, barley and hay. But in terms of the state's representation in Washington, the technology industry — and one company in particular — now has outsized influence.

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