The incumbent in Montana is the Democrat, so that doesn't affect the ballance of power in the Senate. So far the Republican who "suspended" campaigning will still have his name on the ballot. If the Republicans find a body and try to get the new person's name substituted on the ballot, they will of course be contradicting the position that they recently argued in NJ and tried to take to the Supreme Court. According to the Billings newspaper recent polls had the incumbent with about a 20 point lead. The Green candidate had 1% and the Libertarian candidate had 0%
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