Montana’s GOP-led state legislature is creating a one-time jungle primary system that threatens to undermine Democratic Sen. Jon Tester’s reelection bid in 2024.
The Montana State Senate has passed legislation creating the new 2024 primary rules for the U.S. Senate race that eliminate the party primary and put all candidates in a single qualifying election. The top-two vote-getters would advance to a run-off set on the same day as the November 2024 general election.
The Montana House of Representatives is set to take up the bill this week. Supporters said the legislation is on a fast track to final passage. Mr. Tester is a top target for national Republicans as they seek to retake the Senate majority. As such, the National Republican Senatorial Committee is already running ads hitting Mr. Tester and has political trackers covering his events in Montana and Washington.
Mr. Tester has remained politically viable, however, thanks in part to third-party spoilers. In 2008, Mr. Tester bested Mr. Conrad by 1 point , with a Libertarian Party candidate getting 2.5% of the vote. “As this bill sunsets after the next U.S. Senate race, it is specifically drafted to eliminate any participation in that specific election except for the big two parties, enhancing the stranglehold on the two-party system,” said Sid Daoud, the chairman of the Libertarian Party of Montana.
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