Montana Republican Senate candidate Tim Sheehy poses for the Republican presidential nomination at Brick Breeden Arena at Montana State University on August 9, 2024 in Bozeman, Montana , former US President Trump took to the podium at a rally.
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Republican candidate Tim Sheehy will defeat incumbent Democratic Senator Jon Tester in the election election NBC News projects Montana will gain a Senate seat.
Shea, a former Navy SEAL and wealthy businessman, was heavily touted by Republicans as one of the best chances to win a Senate seat.
former president Donald Trump achieved a decisive victory over the Vice President Kamala Harris exist presidential campaignThe Republican Party made progress in the Senate by winning several key battleground states.
Tester, a farmer who served three terms in the Senate, faces significant headwinds in winning re-election.
In an interview with radio host Megyn Kelly this week, Sheehy, 38, who owns an aerial firefighting company, struggled to explain a 2015 incident in Montana’s Glacier National Park in which he fired a pistol Head to the hospital after opening fire.
A park ranger said Shea told him he accidentally shot himself in the arm, but Shea denied this and said he went to the hospital because he was concerned about a friendly fire incident in Afghanistan. injured his arm, but he did not report the incident to his superiors at the time.
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