By Free Republic | Created at 2024-09-24 18:33:55 | Updated at 2024-10-01 17:24:17
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Tim Sheehy's Chances of Beating Jon Tester Surge in Montana: Montana Poll (Sheehy: 50% Tester: 43%
msn.com via newsweek ^ | 9/24/2024 | Ewan Palmer
Posted on 09/24/2024 11:29:30 AM PDT by Signalman
A Napolitan News survey, conducted by RMG Research, of 491 likely voters found that 50 percent would back Sheehy, compared to 43 percent who would support Tester in November. In a previous Napolitan survey conducted in August, Tester was ahead in the Montana Senate race by 5 points (49 percent to 44).
The outcome of the Senate race between Tester and Sheehy, along with the general election between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris in November, could end up determining who controls the upper chamber next year.
The Democrats currently control the Senate by a 51-49 seat margin, including four independent senators who caucus or align with the party. The GOP are expected to flip the West Virginia seat held by outgoing independent Senator Joe Manchin—giving Republicans an estimated 50 seats at least.
If Tester wins the Senate race, but Trump wins the presidential election, Republican vice president JD Vance will act as tiebreaker in Senate votes. If Harris wins the presidential election, the Democratic vice president Tim Walz will be tiebreaker in a 50-50 split.
If Sheehy wins the Montana seat, the GOP will be on course for 51-49 outright control of the upper chamber from January 2025, barring upsets elsewhere.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: elections; montana; newsweak; sheehy; tester
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1 posted on 09/24/2024 11:29:30 AM PDT by Signalman
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