Republicans in Montana and across the country are zeroing in on a prize that has constantly been out of reach: the Senate seat held by three-term Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) that is up for grabs in 2024.
Even though Tester does not yet have any official opponents on the GOP side, the primary field of candidates who could run against him is already getting a lot of attention. Top Senate Republicans are hoping for Tim Sheehy, a successful businessman and a military veteran who is the founder of Bridger Aerospace, valued at $869 million last year.
“I do think there is a hunger on the part of Republicans to not repeat the same mistakes of the past. I think that Sheehy brings an opportunity to maybe move in a different direction and finally be able to beat Jon Tester,” Erik Iverson, a former chairman of the Montana Republican Party, said. “I think that’s where the attractiveness of his sort of candidacy is really rooted in the fact that we’ve tried some of these things in the past, you know, run people who have already lost to Tester.
Tester has proven to be a difficult candidate to oust for Republicans. In 2006, Tester beat an incumbent Republican senator. He also easily defeated GOP challengers in 2012 and 2018. In some of his previous races, he’s been successful in depicting opponents as not true Montanans. In 2018, his campaign tried to brand the Baltimore-accented Rosendale as an outsider, slamming his Maryland roots and calling him “Maryland Matt.” In 2012, he highlighted GOP opponent, then-Rep.
“Tester is used to running against politicians. He’s only ever run and beaten and demonized politicians. An outsider with a decorated military background as a job creator, who has the ability to self-fund if he needs to, I think makes him a very attractive candidate,” Iverson said.
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