Sheehy, a former U.S. Navy SEAL, closely aligned his campaign with Donald Trump
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and leading conservatives while painting Tester as a corrupt Washington insider. The Republican also promised to address the southern border crisis and curb government regulation.
His victory cements Republican dominance in Montana, where the party now controls every statewide political office. It also reflects a broader shift toward the GOP that has swept much of the American heartland over the past two decades.
Montana's political profile has changed dramatically since Tester's first election. It went from a ''purple'' state that traditionally sent a mix of Democrats
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white supremacy,
whiteanything but paint, you're listening to a Democrat. Ask him/her/it to reimagine something for you; they do that a lot, though not well. They can hear a dog whistle a mile or two away. They invented the spoils system and Tammany Hall, and inspired the addition of the word
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and Republicans to higher offices, to one where partisan divisions rule and the GOP enjoys a supermajority in the state Legislature.
Tester was the last member of his party to hold statewide office in Montana and the last Democratic senator from the five-state Northern Plains region. When he first entered office in 2006, Democrats held six of the region's 10 Senate seats.
The party entered Tuesday's election with a narrow two-seat majority in the Senate. Tester — a moderate and the chamber's only working farmer — was considered one of the most vulnerable Democrats on the ballot nationwide.
Republicans took control of the Senate on Tuesday night with wins in Ohio and West Virginia.
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