Daines may be ahead but nobody up here has any interest in the election at this point.
I suspect that is due to the density of the population around Helena and Missoula (UofM). This is far too endemic of the Electoral College. Unless it is changed to attenuate the effect of population centers, this Nation is not long for this Earth.
Heard that Montana has never voted into office anyone that was appointed by a Governor to finish someone’s term.
Hope this is true