Rep. Matt Rosendale is not running for reelection, again.
Last month, Rosendale announced he would not seek reelection in Montana’s 2nd District and would instead run for the Senate, an office he sought, and lost, to Democratic Sen. Jon Tester in 2018. But after former President Donald Trump endorsed his rival Tim Sheehy in the GOP primary, Rosendale aborted his bid after just six days. A little over a week later, Rosendale announced that he would run for his House seat again. This time, his campaign lasted 10 days.
Rosendale made the dropout announcement on X, formerly Twitter, Friday afternoon, writing that since he filed to run for reelection, he had “law enforcement visit my children because of a death threat against me and false and defamatory rumors against me and my family. This has taken a serious toll on me, and my family. Additionally, it has caused a serious disruption to the election of the next representative for MT-02.”
