Republican Tim Sheehy shaved Democratic Sen. Jon Tester’s margins in Montana’s populous counties and ran up his lead in the state’s more rural regions. That built a cushion the incumbent couldn’t catch when The Associated Press called the race.
Republican Montana Senate candidate Tim Sheehy, right, waves to supporters with his wife, Carmen Sheehy, during an election night watch party Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in Bozeman, Mont. Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Tester concedes the Montana Senate race to Republican Tim Sheehy in Great Falls, Mont. on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. Republican Montana Senate candidate Tim Sheehy, right, waves to supporters with his wife, Carmen Sheehy, during an election night watch party Wednesday, Nov.
Those gains and dominance in the state’s less populous, rural counties, allowed Sheehy to build a lead Tester couldn’t catch, even if he won the remaining votes overwhelmingly, at the time the race was called at 6:26 a.m. ET.ABOUT THE RACE: Tester, who had been seeking a fourth term, is a grain farmer and a member of an increasingly bygone political group — a Democrat from the Northern Plains.Sheehy, a former Navy SEAL and wealthy aerospace executive, cast Tester as a Washington insider.
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