{"id":4035,"date":"2024-02-09T18:54:47","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T18:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/09\/conservative-firebrand-announces-run-for-key-battleground-senate-race-being-targeted-by-dems\/"},"modified":"2024-02-09T18:54:47","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T18:54:47","slug":"conservative-firebrand-announces-run-for-key-battleground-senate-race-being-targeted-by-dems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/09\/conservative-firebrand-announces-run-for-key-battleground-senate-race-being-targeted-by-dems\/","title":{"rendered":"Conservative firebrand announces run for key battleground Senate race being targeted by Dems"},"content":{"rendered":"

A conservative firebrand has officially filed to run for the Montana Senate<\/a> in the heated contest to unseat Democrat Sen. Jon Tester.<\/p>\n

Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Mont., made the long awaited announcement Friday on X, formerly known as Twitter.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“We\u2019ve made great accomplishments in the House, only to see them die at the hands of Mitch McConnell and Chuck Schumer in the Senate,” he wrote in a post.<\/p>\n

Rosendale’s bid stirs up the state’s Republican primary race<\/a>, where he will be challenging former Navy SEAL Tim Sheehy for the nomination.\u00a0<\/p>\n

FORMER NAVY SEAL SAYS DEMS MEDDLING IN HIS SENATE RACE \u2018TO DISTRICT MONTANA VOTERS\u2019 FROM \u2018TWO-FACED\u2019 OPPONENT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

When asked about a potential primary challenger earlier this week, Sheehy told Fox News Digital that he is “focused on Jon Tester.”<\/p>\n

“I’m focused on gaining control of the Senate for conservatives, so we can return common sense policy to D.C,” Sheehy said. “We have to reform both parties. We’ve got a dysfunctional Congress right now in both houses. We need a new generation of leadership in both houses, and it’s about time we start getting things done.”<\/p>\n

However, Sheehy didn’t waste time taking a shot at Rosendale Friday morning, posting a video compilation of him pronouncing Montana and saying that he “can’t say Montana right.”<\/p>\n

Sheehy, a first-time candidate, has already gained endorsements from Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., Rep. Ryan Zinke, R-Mont., and Gov. Greg Gianforte.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Daines reaffirmed his endorsement of Sheehy, writing that Rosendale’s Senate run could “create a divisive primary.”<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s unfortunate that rather than building seniority for our great state in the House, Matt is choosing to abandon his seat and create a divisive primary. Tim Sheehy has my full support because he is the best candidate to take on Jon Tester,” Daines wrote in a statement after the announcement. “Whichever party wins the Montana Senate seat will control the United States Senate in 2024, and Republicans cannot risk nominating a candidate who gave Jon Tester the biggest victory of his career.”\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A conservative firebrand has officially filed to run for the Montana Senate in the heated contest to unseat Democrat Sen. Jon Tester. Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Mont., made the long awaited announcement Friday on X, formerly known as Twitter.\u00a0 “We\u2019ve made great accomplishments in the House, only to see them die at the hands of Mitch … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4035\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}