On the final day of candidate filing in Montana, former University of Montana President #Seth #Bodnar filed to run as an independent in the U.S. Senate race to unseat Steve Daines.
Bodnar had been rumored to be mulling a run for Senate for weeks after a text message attributed to former Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Tester expressed support for an independent Bodnar campaign.
News of the possible candidacy from the head of the Missoula flagship roiled political insiders, who debated whether an independent in a red state or a party-backed Democrat would be better equipped to face Daines
— a popular incumbent who is well connected within the national Republican Party.
https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/bodnar-announces-independent-campaign-us-senate


