Rosendale drops Senate bid days after announcing run
Just days after announcing he’d square off with Republican Tim Sheehy in Montana’s Republican U.S. Senate primary, Congressman Matt Rosendale dropped his bid, in part because former President Donald Trump quickly endorsed Sheehy.
A spokesperson for Rosendale confirmed Thursday afternoon Rosendale was ending his campaign just six days after he officially started it and provided a statement from Rosendale. Politico first reported Rosendale’s decision Thursday afternoon.
In the statement, Rosendale chalks up Trump’s endorsement of the Bozeman businessman just four hours after Rosendale’s announcement as a key reason that he saw no path forward in what was expected to be a knock-down, drag-out primary that Senate Republican leadership had hoped to avoid.
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