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FIRST ON FOX: Dueling candidates successful nan heated Montana Senate race person reported some raising millions successful nan first fundraising 4th of nan 2024 Big Sky State conflict - 1 that could find statement power of nan enclosure this fall.
Former Navy SEAL Tim Sheehy, a Republican moving to unseat Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., successful November, touted his campaign's "incredible momentum" aft bringing successful complete $3 cardinal for his Senate campaign successful nan first fundraising 4th of 2024.
The funds, shared first pinch Fox News Digital, see $2.6 cardinal that came from fundraising, pinch an further $500k loaned to nan run from Sheehy himself.
"We are humbled by nan incredible momentum and support we're seeing crossed nan state. We person been nether a relentless battle pinch millions being spent connected onslaught ads against us. Chuck Schumer, Jon Tester, and their wide friends are now smearing a combat seasoned because they cognize nan difficult truth: They are losing this race," Sheehy told Fox News Digital successful a statement.
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Tim Sheehy, laminitis and main executive serviceman of Bridger Aerospace and US Republican Senate campaigner for Montana, astatine nan Bridger hangar successful Bozeman. (Louise Johns)
"Montanans are rallying astir a governmental outsider who will present communal consciousness solutions for illustration rebuilding a beardown system pinch low-inflation, creating much high-paying jobs, securing our separator and ending reckless spending," nan erstwhile Navy SEAL said. "Come November, pinch the help of my chap Montanans, we will yet discontinue Jon Tester and Joe Biden."
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Tester reported raising $8 cardinal successful nan first 4th of 2024, mounting a caller grounds for first 4th fundraising successful a Montana Senate race. The Senator, who is seeking a 3rd term, received donations from individuals successful each 56 counties successful Montana.
"This record-breaking grassroots support shows that Montanans are fired up to nonstop nan seven-fingered ungraded husbandman backmost to nan U.S. Senate," Shelbi Dantic, Montanans for Tester run manager, said successful a property merchandise shared pinch Fox News Digital. "Every day, Montanans study much astir Tim Sheehy: that he’s a multimillionaire transplant from out-of-state, that he wants to transportation our nationalist lands and shutter our agrarian hospitals, and that he has many times lied to them astir his communicative and who he is. Montanans cognize they can’t spot Sheehy, and we’re truthful grateful for nan tremendous enthusiasm we’re seeing from our neighbors who are excited to ballot for Jon Tester successful November."
Sen. Jon Tester is moving for a 3rd word successful Montana. (Drew Angerer)
Democrats person put an accent connected nan Montana Senate title arsenic they effort to clasp onto their Senate mostly successful 2024, pinch a group launched by Sen. Chuck Schumer's Senate Majority PAC precocious spending millions successful ads crossed nan Big Sky State targeting Sheehy.
Additionally, an article was precocious published by the Washington Post that heavy quoted Democrat-tied experts and casted uncertainty connected whether nan Navy SEAL really received a slug coiled successful Afghanistan.
Sheehy precocious revealed that a slug successful his arm, which successful 2015 he said was a consequence of an accidental self-inflicted weapon shot, was really received while serving successful Afghanistan successful 2012. The Senate campaigner told nan Washington Post that he ne'er reported it to his superiors owed to fearfulness of an investigation, prompting nan outlet to question and reply respective individuals and mobility nan validity of his story.
The Washington Post utilized Air Force lawyer Rachel VanLandingham, who called Sheehy a "deeply flawed leader whose fittingness for agency is highly questionable" successful an April 6 station connected X, arsenic a reference to mobility nan Republican candidate's story.
Republican Montana Senate campaigner and erstwhile Navy SEAL Tim Sheehy. (Tim Sheehy For Montana)
The outlet besides reported that trauma surgeon Joseph V. Sakran, a vocal anti-Trump activistic and erstwhile Democrat staffer who donated complete $21,000 to Democrats, said "it is not imaginable to show what type of limb it came from nor nan property of nan wound."
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Sheehy described nan study arsenic a "smear piece," but his squad said they "aren't shocked" arsenic he ramps up his Senate campaign.
"We aren’t shocked nan Washington Post chose to mention known Democrats for their smear portion against dressed up combat seasoned Tim Sheehy," a Sheehy for Montana spokesperson told Fox News Digital successful a statement.
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Aubrie Spady is simply a Production Assistant for Fox News Digital.
