Democrat Jon Tester Will Seek Fourth Term As Montana Senator

Montana’s incumbent Democratic senator Jon Tester announced on Wednesday that he will seek a fourth term in the U.S. Senate:

Any Democrat running for statewide office will have a difficult time in Montana in 2024, a presidential election year in which the Republican at the top of the ticket will very likely carry the state by a healthy double-digit margin. But another Tester candidacy is the best Democrats could hope for: First elected in 2006, Tester won reelection in 2012 by 3.7 points even as Mitt Romney carried the state by 14 points. Tester again won reelection in the “blue wave” of 2018 by just 3.5 points.

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Montana’s incumbent Democratic senator Jon Tester announced on Wednesday that he will seek a fourth term in the U.S. Senate:

Any Democrat running for statewide office will have a difficult time in Montana in 2024, a presidential election year in which the Republican at the top of the ticket will very likely carry the state by a healthy double-digit margin. But another Tester candidacy is the best Democrats could hope for: First elected in 2006, Tester won reelection in 2012 by 3.7 points even as Mitt Romney carried the state by 14 points. Tester again won reelection in the “blue wave” of 2018 by just 3.5 points.