Incumbent U.S. Sen. Jon Tester (D) and Tim Sheehy (R) are running in the general election for the United States Senate in Montana on Nov. 5, 2024.
According to Open Secrets’ Lydia McFarlane, the election will be one of the most competitive this year because of the “deep red nature of Montana’s electorate. Former president Donald Trump won the state by 16 percentage points in the 2020 election. Tester is currently the only Democrat holding statewide office in Montana, with Republicans controlling the state legislature and governor’s office.” Tester was first elected to the Senate in 2006, and was re-elected in 2012 and 2018. Republicans have held
