11-07-2018, 09:48 PM
(11-07-2018, 05:38 PM)Duchess Wrote:(11-07-2018, 05:28 PM)HairOfTheDog Wrote: Democrat Jon Tester from deep red Montana has officially won re-election to the Senate.
Yay! I'm glad to read that! So much winning. *snort laugh*
I was really glad to see Tester prevail. President Trump campaigned very hard in Montana for Tester's Republican challenger Matt Rosendale, but failed to carry Rosendale over the finish line.
The President openly admitted that he holds a grudge against Tester for going public with ethics objections against Trump's nominee to head the large Department of Veteran's Affairs, even though Tester was the top Democrat on House Veteran's committee and Dr. Ronny Jackson wasn't qualified for the job on several fronts (as a number of Republicans attested).
More than a year after Jackson's failed nomination...............Trump repeatedly berated Tester over it at his midterm Montana rallies calling it 'personal'.
Trump also endorsed incumbent Republican congressman Greg Gianforte, who Trump praised at a Montana rally for criminally assaulting a journalist. Gianforte's race isn't fully counted yet, but he's leading his Democratic challenger by a few points with 97% of votes tallied.