It is a Bob Torricelli moment.
Correct about the Torch comparison (you know it’s bad when a leftist rag like the Missoulian opposes a liberal Dem), and the legal dates for Walsh to withdraw from the race & the Rats to name a replacement mean nothing.
They can just find a liberal judge to override the law and put another Rat on the ballot at any time, in the interests of “giving the voters a choice”.