When it comes to independent Seth Bodnar, the Democrats running for #MTSen have attitudes that range from hostile to indifferent. Jon Tester has encouraged Dems to rally around Bodnar, but it doesn't sound like anyone wants to play ball. Good roundup from Jonathon Ambarian at KTVH:

Montana Democrats say U.S. Sen...
Montana Democrats say U.S. Senate race shake-up won't impact course

At the Montana Democratic Party’s annual Mansfield-Metcalf dinner in Helena, one topic came up over and over again: Republican U.S. Sen. Steve Daines’ last-minute move to end his reelection campaign.

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An independent like Seth Bodnar can't just expect that *not a single Democrat* will file to run for #MTSen. If so much as one person does, his hopes of a clean shot are gone. He has to be prepared to ensure there's no Dem nominee in the same way Dan Osborn is in Nebraska.

Indies and Dems risk splitting...
Funny how Steve Daines and Tim Sheehy say they want to protect Montana’s public lands — but now that the Senate’s considering selling them off, they’ve suddenly gone quiet. #MTSen #MTPol www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/steve-d...

Analysis: Daines, Sheehy oppos...

In six Senate battlegrounds — #MISen, #MTSen, #NVSen, #OHSen, #PASen, #WISen — billionaire Charles Koch's super PAC has been spending big this year to promote Republicans, who have lagged with a fundraising deficit.

New from @sludge with More Perfect Union:

https://substack.perfectunion.us/p/koch-super-pac-is-spending-big-for

Koch Super PAC Is Spending Big for Republicans to Take the Senate

Billionaire Charles Koch is attempting to set the table for Trump to carry out his second-term agenda.

More Perfect Union
Apparently we're over the stigma about venal liars, but a Montana man who can't control his gun, idk. I'd sure as hell vote for Jon Tester over this Sheehy guy. #MTSen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYya-_w1ItM
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The park ranger is now in an ad in #MTSen: "But I know two things: Sheehy is a liar, and that bullet was from Glacier."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYya-_w1ItM

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We need to hold the Senate. Please join me in donating if you can 👇🏽 https://secure.actblue.com/donate/rjt-website-header #MTSen
“A former SEAL colleague, Dave Madden, who had what he described as a close relationship with Mr. Sheehy before they deployed to Afghanistan, said that Mr. Sheehy never mentioned a gunshot wound to him.” https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/18/us/tim-sheehy-gunshot-wound-montana-senate.html?unlocked_article_code=1.TE4.Fvvj.ZH-cVk61iQ2o&smid=url-share #MTSen
A Candidate for U.S. Senate Says He Was Shot in War. Was He?

Tim Sheehy, a Republican running for U.S. Senate in Montana, says he has a bullet in his arm from Afghanistan. But new questions have been raised about his account.

The New York Times
A former Montana park ranger says GOP Senate candidate Tim Sheehy accidentally shot himself while on a family trip in 2015 at Glacier national park. Kim Peach’s “account explicitly contradicts Sheehy’s claim that he was shot in the arm during military combat …” https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/19/tim-sheehy-gunshot-wound-montana-park-ranger #MTSen
Montana park ranger says Senate candidate Tim Sheehy lied about combat wound

Sheehy has claimed he was wounded in Afghanistan, but ranger says he investigated accidental shooting in 2015

The Guardian