“which is why the NRSC has said they didn’t recruit him to run for the same seat in 2024.”
Yeah, isn’t it funny that the NRSC didn’t say the same thing about Martha McSally in Arizona. Lost to Sinema in 2018 then low and behold was the nominee AGAIN in 2020, after Governor Ducey appointed her to fill out John McCain’s seat (upon the recommendations of McConnell and the NRSC). A prior loser was just fine in that case. And of course she went on to lose AGAIN!
Rosendale has already faced the same electorate as a Senate seat and won. Montana had only one House seat until the last census. Now it has two.
McSally was an appointed incumbent when she lost to Mark Kelly. This would be the exact same matchup in a ruby red state that Rosendale already lost once to Tester last time. I don’t believe in rematches with the same losing candidate.