MT-AL: Democrats Targeting Montana House Seat After Decades of Futility
Montana Democrats already optimistic about winning the second of the state’s two Senate seats are growing increasingly bullish about adding a third congressional seat in what is a red state at the presidential level.
A poll conducted Aug. 22-27 and released by the Democratic-aligned House Majority PAC on Tuesday found state Rep. Kathleen Williams (D) leading state Auditor Matt Rosendale (R) 49%-47%, even as President Donald Trump led Democratic nominee Joe Biden by 4 percentage points.
It’s an encouraging piece of data for a party that has come up short in the race for this statewide House seat every two years for the past quarter century. The stretch of defeats came despite Democrats winning six Senate races and the past four governor races in that span.
“Montana voters like to elect representatives who are independent and share their values, so it’s no surprise that Kathleen Williams is leading Matt Rosendale in the race for Congress,” House Majority PAC executive director Abby Curran Horrell said in a statement announcing the poll results.
The race is being overshadowed by two other high-profile statewide elections, Gov. Steve Bullock‘s (D) challenge to Sen. Steve Daines (R) and the race to replace the term-limited governor. The latter features Lt. Gov. Mike Cooney (D) and the House seat’s current occupant, Rep. Greg Gianforte (R), who defeated Williams by 5 points in 2018.
Williams received a higher percentage of the vote than any Democrat running for the seat in the past 20 years. Rosendale only narrowly outperformed her in his failed 2018 challenge to Sen. Jon Tester (D), who was re-elected to a third term 50%-47%.
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I sent in $$$ to ALL three of those MT Dems! 
One DIL went to high school with Bullock and he's been a good governor. I'm so happy that he - FINALLY - opted to run for the Senate seat. Daines is a typical GOPer sellout and follows tRump like the cowardly sycophant he is.
I've LOVED Williams for years! She served in the state legislature and her constituents loved her. She has gotten a lot of name recognition statewide in the past couple years. She is great!
I don't know Cooney as well but any Dem is head and shoulders above the felon Gianforte. One of my friends in MT refers to GG as "Giant Fart." It fits. 
I can't believe that there are STILL people who "like" Giant Fart enough to vote for him for Governor. And that would indeed be a tragedy for MT. 
