I thought Montana was not a Democrap stronghold? Why is the Democrap candidate so strong there?
They rig it in the Montana college towns and on the rez.
Republicans have shockingly had a terrible time winning Senate seats in MT since the popular vote was instituted. Curiously, they have almost always lost by an extremely narrow margin of less than 5% (even as the GOP has won the Governorship).
Only 3 men in over 100 years have won the Senate races there (Zales Ecton in 1946, but that only after the Dem incumbent who lost the primary endorsed the Republican; Conrad Burns in 1988, 1994 and 2000, and then had the seat stolen by Jon Tester in 2006 after fake criminal charges were brought against Burns; and Steve Daines, presently occupying the other seat, in 2014 & 2020).
Cankles 2016 Tester 2018 Trump 2016 Rosendale 2018 Biden 2020 Montana 177,709 253,876 143% 279,240 235,963 85% 244,786
Note how the Montana Machine turned out 77,000 more "votes" for Jon Tester in an off-year than Hillary got in a presidential election year.
Heck, Testes got 9,000 more "votes" than the Tater got in the Cheat Year. They must be going for The Cheat big-time for Testes in 2024.
I can't imagine him running otherwise.
2018 was a tough year for republicans so he kept the seat by a large margin. But his first election is 2012, he barely won and only did because obamas second term. I think we take back the seat this time.
UMW.
MT is not a Right to Work State.
Montana has been discovered by rich libs. I blame Costner.