Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tim Sheehy embraced his status as an outsider who came to Montana to start a business during the first debate in a race that could tip the balance of power in the Senate.
FILE - Senate candidate Tim Sheehy talks about his campaign, Feb. 9, 2024, in Helena, Mont. Sheehy faced off with Democratic Sen. Jon Tester on Sunday, June 9, 2024, during their first debate ahead of the November election.
He also said he'd been glad to move to Montana in 2014 to raise a family and start an aerial firefighting business near Bozeman. Many economic indicators remain positive in Montana and across the U.S., including growing job numbers and low unemployment. But ballooning property taxes along with rising costs for some goods and services are fueling political tensions with the potential to influence the election's outcome.
“They're trying to fool us to say, 'We're going to solve it,'” Sheehy said. He derided as “political theater” an immigration bill from Democrats that was blocked by Republican lawmakers.Tester acknowledged more needs to be done about immigration and said Biden's move on asylum should have been done earlier. He also emphasized his success in passing legislation to help veterans exposed to toxic burn pits work and to stimulateThe candidates also clashed on abortion.
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