Polls closed in Montana special election
Source: Politico
The polls are closed in Montana's special House election, where voters cast ballots Thursday less than 24 hours after Republican candidate Greg Gianforte was charged with assault for allegedly attacking a reporter covering his campaign.
Voting ended at 8 p.m. local time (10 p.m. Eastern) in the race between Gianforte and Democrat Rob Quist, a campaign that captured national attention this week after Gianforte’s on-tape blow-up with The Guardian’s Ben Jacobs, which was described by him and three other journalists who witnessed the episode as a “bodyslam.”
Private polling indicated the campaign was getting closer, with Gianforte’s lead shrinking, even before the incident threw an extra dose of unpredictability into the unusual Thursday election. Gianforte, a former technology executive who lost a gubernatorial bid in 2016, and Quist, a folk singer and first-time candidate, are running to fill the congressional seat formerly held by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke.
Though President Donald Trump carried Montana by 20 points in November and remains popular there, the state has become a battleground in the past few months. Energized Democratic activists have poured more than $6 million into Quist’s campaign, trying to push back against Republicans in Washington.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/25/montana-special-election-results-2017-238841
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Just now, on MSNBC they were discussing that the vote totals showing in media right now are from the early voting (pre-assault) rather than from today's vote. IS that right?
Montana looks like it has same day registration, so the fat lady may not even be warming up yet!
Laura
