No, it won't be any referendum on Trump of the Republican party. Montana already has a pretty independent streak that doesn't naturally fit party lines. What is interesting is that the Republican candidate, Greg Gianforte, decided to body slam a reporter in front of a Fox News crew the night before the election. It's a somewhat close race that likely was just handed to the Democrats. For all his business acumen he apparently isn't handling the stress of the campaign well.
Here is the campaigns response which is hilarious in the context of the fox news reporters' piece.
Scanlon is his press rep.
Major credit to the Foxnews crew who witnessed the event. Clearly the campaign was assuming they'd back up their made up version of the event. Great ethics by those reporters.
Last edited: May 24, 2017