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G.O.P. Infighting and Democratic Mischief Animate Montana Senate Race [1]

['Michael C. Bender']

Date: 2024-01-25  

In one of the nation’s top Senate races, the most important candidate might be one who hasn’t actually entered the contest.

The scramble to challenge Senator Jon Tester, Democrat of Montana — already a heated battle with profound national implications and the acute intensity of a family drama — has increasingly focused on Representative Matt Rosendale, an anti-abortion, election-denying Republican agitator.

Both parties are using him as a pawn in their electoral chess match: Establishment Republicans, who have aligned behind Tim Sheehy, a wealthy businessman, are trying to keep Mr. Rosendale out of the race, while Democrats appear to be helping clear a path for his arrival.

Mr. Rosendale’s entry appears imminent. On Thursday, he said on a podcast that he had told Senator Steve Daines, a fellow Montanan who oversees the Republican Senate campaign arm, that he was going to run for Mr. Tester’s seat.

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[1] Url: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/25/us/politics/montana-senate-race-matt-rosendale-ads.html

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