Steve Daines Announces 2014 Senate Run

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Steve Daines Announces 2014 Senate Run
By MATT GOURAS 11/06/13 02:36 PM ET EST AP

BOZEMAN, Mont. -- BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Steve Daines announced Wednesday that he will run for Senate in 2014, giving Montana Republicans a candidate they believe has a strong chance at winning the state's first race for an open Senate seat in decades.

The race may help determine which party controls the Senate, with Republicans needing to pick up six seats to recapture the majority.
Daines' campaign released a video announcing his candidacy shortly before he was to make a formal announcement before supporters in Bozeman.

Many in the GOP had been pushing Daines, 51, to run for the seat being vacated by Democrat Max Baucus, even though Daines won his first election just a year ago. Other Republicans cleared out of the Senate race to make way for Daines, who already has raised more than $1 million to begin the campaign.

Democrats have recruited Lt. Gov. John Walsh to run on their side. The former Montana National Guard commander also has been in office for less than a year.


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[Rebellious Republican]

1. Lats hope the Democratic party does not pull a Barbara Buono in this state!

[brooklynite]

3. I've already met with Lt Gov Walsh...

This race is rated competitive (Lean Republican), unlike the Christie-Buono race. DSCC is already working with Walsh, but he'll still be expected to show organization and fundraising success.

How much can I put you down for?

[Rebellious Republican]

4. Recently donated $100.00 for my State, and a Hundred for the National coffers.

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Plus I GOTV in my area. Guess your guys need to pony up like the rest of us do in our own states.

[2naSalit]

2. I would feel a lot better

if our former governor, Schweitzer, would run for that seat. He'd be good there instead of running for the white house, which I think would be a total waste of election resources. Just being governor does not necessarily prepare one for the presidency. Montana is a small state with less than a million residents....

He'd probably beat the pants off Daines, a tp shill. We only get one rep in the House so I would hope that someone of merit would run against him in any case and get his sorry ass out of office asap... yet another waste of good air that could be put to better use by endangered species.

[iandhr]

5. Schweitzer said he does not to run for the Senate.

[2naSalit]

6. Yes, I know that.

But he'd be a lot better Senator than anyone who has announced so far. Baucus is a corporate shill and Daines is a nightmare in the daylight.

Just voicing what I would like, not that it's going to happen, which is how things usually go.