Businessman and former Navy SEAL Tim Sheehy announced he’s running for U.S. Senate in Montana. (@SheehyforMT / Twitter screen shot)
The Cook Political Report has shifted the Montana Senate race from “toss up” to “lean Republican,” in what could prove a vital outcome regardless of who wins the presidential election.
In a piece published on Thursday, the Report’s Jessica Taylor explained that Republican Tim Sheehy, stands the better chance of unseating Democratic Senator Jon Tester come November:
Democrats began this cycle with their toughest map in decades, having to defend the red states of West Virginia, Montana and Ohio — in addition to a handful of other presidential battleground states.
Less than two months before Election Day, they are defying political gravity in some key states, such as Arizona, Nevada and Wisconsin. But glaring problems remain in those deep red states. With the now-open seat in West Virginia sitting in Solid Republican, the map begins at 50-50 for Democrats. That means that if former President Trump wins, Republicans will already have the majority.
But today we are making a major shift — moving the Montana Senate race from Toss Up to Lean Republican. This means that Republicans are now an even heavier favorite to win back control of the Senate, regardless of the result at the top of the ticket.
Montana Sen. Jon Tester has been a political unicorn for nearly two decades, but in a presidential year with an even more polarized electorate, he is now the underdog heading into the final stretch of the race.
A businessman and former Navy SEAL who was endorsed by Donald Trump, Sheehy will be an excellent addition to a Republican majority that will finally be rid of Mitch McConnell.
Tester, meanwhile, portrays himself as a moderate Democrat but is actually just another puppet of the Biden regime.
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If Republicans control Congress in the event of a Trump victory, then he will wield considerable power. In the case of a Harris victory, any planned legislative agenda will be dead on arrival.
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