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Montana Dem. Senate nominee Alani Bankhead defends staying in the race in a new op-ed, arguing Democrats should rebuild their brand rather than back independents and accusing party leaders of overriding 49k primary voters. VoteHub now rates the race Solid R.

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People like her is the reason why dems lost the working class support from the 90s. Iowa west virginia ohio florida etc etc all voted for dems in the past. Clinton won w.va twice. If she wants to be a forever loser feel free to do idk

Seth Bodnar should have run in the Democratic primary instead of running as an independent who won't caucus with the Democrats. There's no reason to believe Bodnar running as a Democrat would have hurt him any more than Rob Sand running as a Democrat in very Red Iowa has hurt him.

Had Joe Manchin's tech billionaire funded "Independent" dropped out, Democrat Bankhead might have had a chance. Bravo, Bodnar supporters. Are you proud? You played right into their scheme to erode the Democratic Party in response to progressive wins across the country.

How is she ”not serious“? Because she’s not being funded by tech billionaires like Seth Bodnar? That’s the only qualification for a Democrat now? Being funded by billionaires? Congratulations for falling for the propaganda 👏

fucking incredible how many libs on here will drop any pretense of caring about the will of the voters the second a poll tells them to and wow go figure the polls are saying that only the "moderate" establishment backed candidate can win. how lucky for the Democrats!!!

It's a ridiculous overreach to assume all of her support would automatically pivot to the sloplord-servicing "independent" guy. She's not spoiling anything. And if you still think she is, then you need to help get rid of first-past-the-post.

Okay. You think electing a Joe Manchin “Independent” funded by tech billionaires, who said he aligns w/Trump on strong borders and supports data centers, is “helping the brand”? Are we going to do this every election now? Why bother having Democrats at all, when you can have an “Independent“?

Because I want Republicans out of power. Entirely. In every state, every district, and every level. I want the GOP annihilated and its members scattered. Achieving that unlikely fantasy mostly involves electing Democrats, but I assure you I am VERY flexible about who replaces them.

I haven’t been following this but I assume she’s doing everything she can with everyone involved to ensure a Republican doesn’t win this election. Otherwise she’d be scum, of course. So yea, great job doing that, unless she’s not, then thanks for being part of the problem right now.

The Montana Democratic party isn't in a place where it can win a statewide race. Kurt Alme is going to win. If it were Alme vs. Bankhead, Alme would win. If it were Alme vs. Bodnar, Bodnar *might* win and he would objectively be less bad than Alme. How good Bankhead is is irrelevant if she won't win

Bravo for parroting the paid for Tavern Research poll used as propaganda in every state in which Dems were harassed & intimidated to drop out by billionaire PACs funding these “Independents“. Pat yourself on the back, instead of supporting Democrats. Hell, get rid of them all together in MT, huh?

Bodner is not a Democrat, and I didn’t vote for him in the primary. He’s also, importantly, nowhere near winning. He’s not just an interloper, he’s a loser, an even bigger sin here.