Convicted criminal wins all-mail Republican primary for Montana governor

[muriel_volestrangler]

Trump will surely be using this as evidence of all that's wrong with voting by mail, yes?

Republican Rep. Greg Gianforte and Democrat Mike Cooney will face off in the Nov. 3 election for Montana governor after prevailing over their opponents Tuesday in a mail-in primary that saw huge voter participation.

Gianforte, 59, touted his business experience and conservative views as he capitalized on a huge financial advantage to soundly defeat Attorney General Tim Fox. State Sen. Al Olszewski trailed in the GOP race.
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Despite spending more than $5 million of his own money in 2016, Gianforte lost to Bullock in an election that saw President Donald Trump win Montana by a 20-point margin. Gianforte was ambivalent toward Trump in that campaign, but has since reframed himself as a staunch ally of the president.

He's perhaps best known outside Montana for assaulting a reporter the day before a 2017 special election to fill Montana’s vacant U.S. House seat. He pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor after slamming Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs to the ground and breaking the reporter’s glasses.

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/montana/articles/2020-06-02/governor-tops-list-of-races-in-all-mail-montana-primary

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. The MAIN reason cons will vote for him is BECAUSE he attacked our most sacred right.

[BlueMTexpat]

2. I loathe Gianforte!

Cooney will receive some $$$ from me!