Breaking (from NY Times): Steve Bullock Is Poised to Run for Senate in Montana, Officials Say

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Wednesday, Mar. 04, 2020 Wednesday, Mar. 04, 2020 at 12:59:15pm PST

Governor Steve Bullock answers a question during the Montana Gubernatorial Debate on Monday, Sept. 19, 2016, in Billings, Mt. (Hannah Potes /The Billings Gazette via AP)

Hot off the presses. This would absolutely amazing for our chances at taking back the Senate.

Gov. Steve Bullock of Montana is poised to reverse himself and run for the Senate, according to three Democratic officials, a decision that would hand the party a coveted recruit who could help reclaim a majority in the chamber.

After months of insisting he would not challenge Senator Steve Daines, Mr. Bullock, who ran for president last year, has told Democrats in the last week he is now inclined to run in what would immediately become one of the marquee Senate races of 2020. Mr. Bullock has only a few days to finalize his decision: the filing deadline to run in Montana is Monday.

I just hope Gov. Bullock’s popularity translates. Phil Bredesen got his ass handed to him in TN in 2018. Granted, he was away from politics for a bit and TN veered even more hard right since, but still. And Bullock is presently Montana’s governor and won two hard-fought elections, including in 2016 when Montana went hard for Trump. At least this gives Dems a shot at another Montana Senate seat.