Montana Gov. Steve Bullock will run for the U.S. Senate, an attempt to boost Democrats' effort to take control of the Senate.
Montana Gov. Steve Bullock will try to unseat first-term Republican Sen. Steve Daines, a senior advisor said Monday, giving Democrats a boost in their effort to take control of the Senate in November.
Democrats need to win four seats that are now held by Republicans, without losing any that they are defending, to win outright control of the Senate. If President Trump is defeated, the Democrats would need a net gain of three seats and the vice president’s tie-breaking vote for control.Bullock planned to walk across the hall from his office in the state Capitol to file his paperwork on Monday, the final day for candidates to register in Montana, senior advisor Matt McKenna said.
Baucus also said it “probably helped” that former Vice President Joe Biden has surged in the Democratic presidential primary race, making it less likely that self-described democratic socialist Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders will lead the ticket in the strongly pro-Trump state.Bullock becomes the most prominent candidate in the Democratic primary race, which also includes public health expert Cora Neumann and Helena Mayor Wilmot Collins.
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