
Montana GOP Senate Front-Runner’s Campaign Rides Turbulence as Voters Head to Polls
HELENA, Mont.–The candidate’s resume is perfect: former Navy SEAL combat veteran with a “V” for Valor Bronze Star and Purple Heart, successful entrepreneur, rancher, energetic young father who is a conservative in a red state endorsed by former President Donald Trump. By all indications, Tim Sheehy, 38, appears to be the ideal Republican candidate to unseat Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.), who has defied the odds three times since 2006 to be elected to the U.S. Senate in GOP-dominated Montana. That Sheehy–Tester November showdown seemed inevitable not long ago, especially after Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.), in the wake of President Trump’s Sheehy endorsement, announced in April he was withdrawing from the race, making the newcomer the clear front-runner....
