Summary

The 2024 race for Montana’s Senate seat, once seen as a near-certain Republican gain, has tightened unexpectedly, with Democratic incumbent Jon Tester showing a late polling advantage over GOP challenger Tim Sheehy.

Sheehy’s lead has diminished amid scrutiny of his story about a bullet wound he claims to have suffered during a deployment in Afghanistan. Discrepancies in his account, including conflicting explanations about a 2015 incident in Glacier National Park, have cast doubt on his credibility.

This polling shift has unsettled Republicans, with former Trump advisor Anthony Scaramucci describing their reaction as a “meltdown.”

  • EleventhHour
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    How? After all of the hard work and death threats and fascism, you’d think the Republicans had this one in the bag!

    • partial_accumen
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      I’m really hoping that fascists are more likely to talk to poll takers than go to the voting booth.

      • @acosmichippo
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        why bother voting if you think it’s rigged and going to storm the capital anyway?