Republican Steve Daines Projected to Win Montana Senate Race
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(L) STATE OF MONTANA / (R) US CONGRESS (WASHINGTON) — Based on exit polls and analysis of the vote in so far, ABC News projects that Republican Congressman and businessman Steve Daines will win the Montana Senate race against state Rep. Amanda Curtis.
Republicans were widely expected to pick up the seat held by Democratic Sen. John Walsh, and have now flipped four Democratic seats.
Walsh, a former lieutenant governor and retired National Guard colonel, bowed out of the race in August following a New York Times report that he plagiarized his 2007 master’s thesis for the Army War College.
Montana Democrats replaced Walsh with Curtis, a 34-year-old teacher with a nose ring and YouTube video blog.
Curtis, with her background in labor activism and support for gun control, was not expected to win in Montana.
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