Matt Rosendale drops out of Montana Senate race after less than a week
Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Mont., has ended his Senate campaign less than a week after he launched it.
Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Mont., has ended his Senate campaign less than a week after he launched it.
“As everyone knows, I have planned to run for the U.S. Senate and to win both the primary and the general election,” Rosendale said in a statement. “However, the day I announced, President Trump then announced that he was endorsing a different candidate.”
Politico first reported on Rosendale’s decision to drop out.
Trump is backing political newcomer Tim Sheehy, a former Navy SEAL and aerospace entrepreneur who also has been endorsed by the National Republican Senatorial Committee. Rosendale’s decision is a win for the NRSC, which had been hoping to avoid a messy and expensive primary in a state where the party hopes to unseat longtime Democratic Sen. Jon Tester. Rosendale lost to Tester in 2018.
In his statement, Rosendale said he had spoken with Montana’s other senator, Steve Daines, who chairs the NRSC, “and we both agree that this is the best path forward for Republicans to regain the majority in the U.S. Senate.”
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