{"id":1960798,"date":"2023-06-29T18:24:09","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T22:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/montana-gov-gianforte-endorses-tim-sheehy-in-bid-for-jon-testers-senate-seat\/"},"modified":"2023-06-29T18:24:51","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T22:24:51","slug":"montana-gov-gianforte-endorses-tim-sheehy-in-bid-for-jon-testers-senate-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/montana-gov-gianforte-endorses-tim-sheehy-in-bid-for-jon-testers-senate-seat\/","title":{"rendered":"Montana Gov. Gianforte backs Tim Sheehy for Tester&#8217;s Senate seat."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmontana-gov-gianforte-endorses-tim-sheehy-in-bid-for-jon-testers-senate-seat%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1960798&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Gov. Gianforte Endorses Tim Sheehy for Senate Seat<\/h2>\n<p>Gov. Greg Gianforte (R-MT) is throwing his support behind businessman and former Navy SEAL Tim Sheehy in his bid to unseat Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) as Republicans attempt to clear the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pence-touts-meeting-with-gop-lawmakers-future-of-the-party\/\" title=\"Pence touts meeting with GOP lawmakers, future of the party\">primary field<\/a> in hopes of boosting their candidate in the general election.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Tim Sheehy is a good friend, and I\u2019m glad he decided to run for the U.S. Senate,&#8221; Gianforte said in a statement. &#8220;Tim\u2019s business experience and commitment to public service is what we need in Washington. I know that Tim Sheehy will serve Montana well in the U.S. Senate, and he has my full support.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Divisions Among Republicans<\/h3>\n<p>Gianforte&#8217;s endorsement comes as Sheehy&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-election-campaign-sputters-with-only-2-full-time-staffers-low-fundraising-numbers\/\" title=\"Biden's campaign struggles with 2 staff and low funds.\">campaign gains momentum<\/a>, with the backing of most of the establishment wing, including Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) in his capacity as the National Republican Senatorial Committee chairman. However, Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-MT) is still considering whether to enter the race. Despite not being a candidate yet, Rosendale has the support of the well-funded Club for Growth.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans are eager to consolidate their support behind Sheehy, fearing that a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/montana-gov-gianforte-endorses-tim-sheehy-in-bid-for-jon-testers-senate-seat\/\" title=\"Montana Gov. Gianforte backs Tim Sheehy for Tester's Senate seat.\">divided primary field<\/a> could weaken their chances in the general election. They also worry that Rosendale, who lost to Tester in 2018, may not be able to win statewide.<\/p>\n<h3>Democrats&#8217; Fighting Chance<\/h3>\n<p>Tester&#8217;s decision to run for a fourth term was a major win for Democrats, as it gives them a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/things-that-donald-trump-did-not-do\/\" title=\"Things That Donald Trump Did Not Do\">fighting chance<\/a> in a state that Trump carried by over 16 points in 2020. Republicans view the seat as within their reach due to the state&#8217;s conservative leanings.<\/p>\n<p>Daines, who endorsed Sheehy early on after months of lobbying, has been encouraging Rosendale to stay in the House to build seniority and help Republicans maintain their majority.<\/p>\n<p>Rosendale, however, pushed back against the party&#8217;s chosen candidate, expressing his belief that Montanans are tired of the status quo and will reject the influence of Washington insiders.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">The Washington Examiner<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor Greg Gianforte (R-MT) endorses Tim Sheehy, a businessman and former Navy SEAL, to challenge Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT). Republicans aim to streamline the primary race, increasing their chances in the general election. Gianforte&#8217;s endorsement was made public through a statement issued by Sheehy&#8217;s campaign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1960799,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1960798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1960798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1960798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1960798\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1960799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1960798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1960798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1960798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}