http://legalinsurrection.com/2017/05/montana-rock-em-sock-em-republican-kos-nudist-resort-singing-cowboy-democrat-mtat/
Rock'em Sock'em Republican candidate Greg Gianforte, best known for "body-slamming" and ego-shaming a reporter for The Guardian, defeated Democratic Candidate Rob Quist, best known as a nudist resort socialist Cowboy poet and singer.
While the final numbers are not in as of this writing, it looks like the margin for Gianforte will be in the 6-7% range.
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They competed for Montana's single at-large seat vacated by Ryan Zinke (R) when he jointed the Trump administration to lead the Interior Department. Trump won the state 55-35 against Hillary, but a Democrat won the Governor's race 50-46. So I'm not sure what was the correct benchmark to use for this election.
This is another "win" for Democrats because they showed up and did better than they expected, even though they lost. Losing by less than you thought you'd lose is the new Democrat definition of "winning."
There are many lessons here. The biggest one is that the mainstream media remains disconnected from most of the country.
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The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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