Love MT, but I’ll kindly point out that you did elect a Democrat as Governor.
“Love MT, but I’ll kindly point out that you did elect a Democrat as Governor.”
Montana has only ONCE re-elected a Republican Senator (Conrad Burns). He did get reelected twice but was unseated by Tester.
It’s likely the 17th amendment was based on Montana history...
We had a ‘Copper King’ (CK) by the name of Clarke (1890’s) who was bribing the state reps $5,000 each to vote for him. He became a US Senator and his arch CK enemy, Dailey, brought it to the attention of other Senators.
Clarke was censured and removed from office.
He began a rail line from SLC to LA and needed an overnight stop. So he created Las Vegas in the middle of nowhere (LV is in Clarke County BTW) and had a successful rail line.
Dailey died and Clarke ran unopposed and became a US Senator again.
Steve Daines is a good man. Montana needs to reelect it SECOND Republican US Senator.