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Jon Tester advocates for voters to consider splitting their tickets in a tight Montana Senate race as victory seems uncertain


Tim Sheehy has been avoiding interviews with both local and national reporters, as well as running a limited grassroots campaign. The Montana GOP’s website shows very few events for the month of October, with none including Sheehy. His campaign is not responsive to requests for interviews and events he does hold are by invitation only and closed off to the media. Despite this, Senator Steve Daines argues that Sheehy is connecting with voters through handshake-to-handshake interactions and that his strategy is effective.

With the upcoming elections, Montana’s status as one of the five states with senators from different parties is likely to change. The question now is by how much, raising concerns about Democrats’ ability to get elected in the state. There has been a significant shift towards voting more conservatively in Montana, with Republicans dominating statewide officeholders. Democrats losing the Senate race could have long-term repercussions for their party in Montana, similar to what happened in Tennessee in the early 2000s.

Longtime Montana political operative Pepper Peterson sees the Senate race as one for the political science books, suggesting that a Republican win could lead to Democrats struggling in Montana for an extended period. Sheehy’s approach to campaigning, while unconventional, is being praised by Daines as effective in connecting with voters in the state.

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