Could This Be the Year Montana Sends a Democrat to the House?
CROW AGENCY, Mont. It was an odd display. The Republican congressman dancing in a powwow with the Democrat whos hoping to unseat him this fall.
Rep. Greg Gianforte narrowly won a closely-watched special election last year, earning negative headlines when he physically assaulted a reporter the night before.
Having won a six-way primary in June, former state Rep. Kathleen Williams is hoping to capitalize on frustration with the Republican-controlled Congress and dissatisfaction shes heard about the congressman to defeat him in a year when the winds appear to be at Democrats backs.
But Montanas not an easy place to do that. Despite electing Democrats statewide at the Senate and gubernatorial level, Montana hasnt elected a Democrat to its at-large House seat since 1994.
It speaks to Montanas peculiar political identity, but also to the challenges of running for an at-large seat in such a big, rural state, when the House contest has usually played second-fiddle to higher-profile statewide races. Watch: In Montana, Searching for Votes in the Teepee Capital of the World
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