Democrat Jon Tester just got some added competition in his bid for a fourth term in the U.S. Senate. Republican Matt Rosendale, who represents Montana’s Second Congressional District, announced on Friday that he plans to run for the Senate in 2024. Should he win the nomination, he’d face a rematch against Tester, who bested him by 3.5 points in 2018.
Since then, Rosendale successfully ran for the at-large U.S. House seat vacated by Greg Gianforte (R), who opted to run for governor in 2020. In that race, Rosendale was endorsed by former President Donald Trump and won a six-way Republican primary before facing and defeating Democrat Kathleen Williams.
After the 2020 census, Montana regained a second congressional district, and Rosendale ran for that seat in 2022, again receiving a Trump endorsement. After securing the Republican nomination, Rosendale notched a decisive victory…
