Bodnar Vows to Stay in Senate Race, Bankhead Not Withdrawing Either
Bodnar says he will stay in the race as outside groups spend millions and Democrats warn a three-way contest could split anti-Republican votes.
- With the deadline to withdraw from the Senate election approaching on Monday, independent candidate Seth Bodnar and Democratic candidate Alani Bankhead both confirmed they intend to remain in the race "until the very end."
- Growing calls from organizations urge Bankhead to withdraw, arguing that splitting the vote with Bodnar guarantees a victory for Republican Kurt Alme, a strategy observed in Nebraska, Idaho, and South Dakota.
- Bankhead, who won the primary with 43.7% of the vote, dismissed calls to exit, citing her focus on the 48,772 voters who supported her; Bodnar criticized her as "unvetted" and a beneficiary of past PAC spending.
- Separately, Jami Woodman filed as a write-in candidate, paying a $1,740 fee to protest what she called a "mess" of a Senate race, though The Montana Secretary denied her "None of the Above" ballot request.
- Bodnar, who gathered nearly 30,000 signatures to qualify, maintains his campaign offers voters a chance to reject a "broken political system" in Washington, regardless of whether other candidates consolidate to challenge Alme.
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Is Seth Bodnar Dropping?
CNN is reporting that Montana Democrat Senate candidate Alani Bankhead will not drop out of the Senate race ahead of today’s deadline. But now rumors are swirling among Montana insiders that Seth Bodnar may be preparing to exit the race ahead of tonight’s deadline. As reported by the Washington Reporter: ###
They Both Should Run
Alani Bankhead should not back down and withdraw from the race for US Senate for Montana. And neither should Seth Bodnar. The state Democratic infighting now being confused as political campaigning rests most significantly on the shoulders (or flat-top?) of ex-Senator Tester who conspired to manufacture this chaos for us. The truth is, neither Seth Bodnar nor Alani Bankhead are likely to win the Senate seat, despite it being a wonderful year for…
Montana Standard
MissoulianBodnar says he's staying in Montana's US Senate race ahead of dropout deadline
Seth Bodnar, the independent running for U.S. Senate in Montana, said on Friday he has no plans to drop out of the race despite the whirlwind of rumors that the candidate field could shift seismically in the next three days.
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