Montana U.S. Senate Candidates Hold Firm as Calls to Drop Out Grow
Williams said Bankhead is not a viable general election candidate after the nominee lost support from key Democratic backers and outside spending groups.
- On Tuesday, former Montana Democratic leader Carol Williams urged Senate nominee Alani Bankhead to drop out, citing concerns about her unverified biography and lack of local support in Helena.
- Williams' letter questioned why voters should trust a candidate who relied on more than $3 million in dark money to secure the nomination, warning that Bankhead's biography inflates under scrutiny.
- Bankhead's rhetoric on poverty drew comparisons to Donald Trump, and she lost support from the Progressive Vet PAC, which stopped funding her campaign.
- Despite pressure, Bankhead refused to withdraw from the race, while Democratic leaders warned that she and independent candidate Seth Bodnar could split the vote against Republican nominee Kurt Alme.
- With the August 10 deadline for candidates to withdraw approaching, all four contenders remain on the ballot as Bodnar continues campaigning on his independent platform.
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Independent earns progressive endorsements in Montana Senate race
With just over three months to go until Election Day, independent Montana U.S. Senate candidate Seth Bodnar is raking in major progressive endorsements that traditionally align with Democrats, most recently from a national veterans organization. VoteVets, which describes itself as the largest progressive veterans organization in the U.S., announced its endorsement on Friday of the former president of the University of Montana and former Green B…
Exclusive: DSCC shuns Democratic candidate in Montana
Alani Bankhead, the Democratic nominee in Montana’s Senate race, bashed the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee this week for its “absolute lack of support” and said “it’s not too late” for the DSCC to get behind her campaign against Republican Kurt Alme and independent Seth Bodnar. That’s not going to happen. DSCC executive director Devan Barber told Semafor that “the DSCC partners with viable campaigns who have a path to victory, which Ms…
Montana U.S. Senate candidates hold firm as calls to drop out grow
While theres growing debate in Montana political circles over whether one of them should drop out of the race for U.S. Senate, for the moment Democratic candidate Alani Bankhead and independent candidate Seth Bodnar are both continuing on with their campaigns and making their cases to voters.We're planning to win in a four-way race that would include a Libertarian, a Republican, a Democrat, and our independent campaign, Bodnar told MTN Saturday.…
Powerhouse Montana Democrat Carol Williams calls on Bankhead to drop out of senate race
MISSOULA, Mont. — In a letter addressed to Montana Democrats, prominent former state Democratic party leader Carol Williams called on the party's own nominee for U.S. Senate to drop out of the race.
Three Independent Candidates Certified - Northern Plains Independent
The Montana Secretary of State announced Wednesday, July 15, that the state election team confirmed three independent candidates for political office met the signature requirements to appear on the November ballot. Seth Bodnar, the former president of the University of Montana who is running in a three-way race for the U.S. Senate, submitted more than twice the number of signatures required
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