2018 Montana Midterm Elections

U.S. Senate

The incumbent: Jon Tester (Democrat). A farmer and former state senator, he was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2006. Tester is seeking a third term.

The challenger: Matt Rosendale (Republican). A former state legislator and senator, he is currently Montana’s state auditor.

Politics: Montana hasn’t been carried by a Democratic presidential candidate since 1992. Donald Trump won the state by 20 points in 2016. The GOP controls both houses of the state legislature, but the governor is a Democrat.

Montana’s other U.S. senator is Steve Daines, a Republican.

The GOP holds the state’s only seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.

There is no gubernatorial race in Montana in 2018.

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