MT-AL: Rob Quist (D) vs. Greg Gianforte (R) vs. Mark Wicks (L), May 25

[Pandaguineapig]

O'Neill is probably the republicans top recruit for senate, Tim Fox is another candidate though he seems much more interested in Governor. Corey Stapleton is ambitious but he just got elected to SOS and turning that quickly for either house or senate would look bad

[Pandaguineapig]

Do we know anything about O'Neill's politics or political skills?

Zinke has been actively recruiting him and his appearances on Fox news suggests that he is fairly conservative. Also Tammy Duckworth shows that an inspiring military background can help overcome a lack of political skills

[Pandaguineapig]

I feel better about this race because the MT Dems are a lot more competent than GA Dems.

At the convention to replace Walsh they chose Curtis, not exactly "competent"

[Pandaguineapig]

Gianforte says he has enough commitments from voting delegates for the nomination.

http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/politics-government/national-politics/article136733178.html

Ken Miller has claimed the same thing, one of them is lying

[Pandaguineapig]

Gianforte says he has enough commitments from voting delegates for the nomination.

http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/politics-government/national-politics/article136733178.html

Ken Miller has claimed the same thing, one of them is lying

You mean Buttrey, right? Because Miller isn't going anywhere.

No, Miller. He might have connections from when he was state gop chair but I think he is more likely to be bluffing

[Pandaguineapig]

can someone sum up this race now that it's March 6?  

Well, yesterday the Democrats chose Rob Quist (somewhat famous songwriter, singer and guitarist) to be their nominee for the special election. Today the Republicans will chose their nominee at the convention, it looks like it will be Greg Gianforte (businessman and candidate for governor in 2016). The general election should be quite competitive, this is definitely a race to watch.

The special election will be held on May 25.

The Republican SuperPACs are definitely treating Quist like someone with a 30% chance, not someone with a 3% chance.  It surprises me that they would tip their hands this early.

What I've heard is that both party's polling shows this race is much more competitive than ga-6. Quist also the folksy populist who could play well here, which explains why the gop has acted quickly to reveal his ties to the far-left in the democratic party

[Pandaguineapig]

  Lets assume the Emerson poll is somewhat off and Gianforte is in fact ahead in the high single digits. Shouldn't the race be closer than this based on what we've seen in Georgia and Kansas?

In Kansas Brownback has a 15% approval rating and the Democrats dumped millions into georgia only to match Clinton's performance

[Pandaguineapig]

f[inks]ing h[inks]ll

Hire a vetting service before recruiting a candidate

Mr. Trump please stop, I'm tired of all this winning!

[Pandaguineapig]

f[inks]ing h[inks]ll

Hire a vetting service before recruiting a candidate

Mr. Trump please stop, I'm tired of all this winning!

Please tell me what this has to do with President Trump. At all.

I'm joking lol, but this race is probably Likely R right now

[Pandaguineapig]

Quist is going to get Fairfax'd in a few seconds.

What county does that correlate to?

Eastern Montana

[Pandaguineapig]

A sign this is not looking good for quist is that CNN has completely gone silent on the race