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Can Quist win Montana? watch party inside (1 Viewer)
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Who Won the Montana Special Election? Watch Live Results Here
Republican Greg Gianforte and Democrat Rob Quist square off in a contentious special election—one that included the GOP candidate attacking a reporter on the eve of the vote.
THE DAILY BEAST
05.25.17 6:55 PM ET
The race to fill Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke’s now-vacant congressional seat concludes Thursday, May 25 with a special election in Montana.
The two main candidates are the Democratic nominee Rob Quist—a musician and activist—and the Republican selection Greg Gianforte, who faces new legal issues stemming from a violent incident on the eve of the vote.
While Gianforte awaited a Fox News interview, Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs on Wednesday evening attempted to ask the GOP candidate about the Congressional Budget Office’s scoring of the latest Republican health-care bill.
Gianforte angrily responded, grabbing Jacobs by the neck with both hands—according to a Fox News reporter who witnessed the incident—and body-slamming him to the ground before allegedly punching him and yelling at him. Jacobs pressed charges and Gianforte was charged with misdemeanor assault shortly before the polls opened statewide.
A substantial portion of the votes were submitted via absentee ballots before the actual election day, but at least three newspapers withdrew their endorsement of Gianforte in light of his actions. Polls close at 8 p.m. local time and results could continue to stream in as voters are allowed to go to the polls so long as they are in line by closing.
Check out the live election results below, provided by DecisionDesk HQ:
Juxtatarot
Footballguy
My money's (so to speak) still on Gianforte.
OrtonToOlsen
Footballguy
Trump won Montana. They'll elect Giantfart.
Long Ball Larry
Footballguy
lot of Montanans are single-issue voters, it seems. pro-choke-slam
The General
Footballguy
If there was any doubt the body slam locked it up for him. Fired up his base.
cosjobs
Footballguy
Candidate
Percent
Votes
Greg Gianforte (Republican)
48.3%
96,507
Rob Quist (Democratic)
46%
91,828
Mark Wicks (Libertarian)
5.7%
11,443
40% Precincts Reporting, 199,778 Total Votes
https://decisiondeskhq.com/
Percent
Votes
Greg Gianforte (Republican)
48.3%
96,507
Rob Quist (Democratic)
46%
91,828
Mark Wicks (Libertarian)
5.7%
11,443
40% Precincts Reporting, 199,778 Total Votes
https://decisiondeskhq.com/
msudaisy26
Footballguy
Cam someone fill me in on what is going on here? Why is there an election now? How important is this election? Is it like the political war going on in North Carolina?
cosjobs
Footballguy
Its a special election to fill a vacated seat by a Trump appointee.
Should be an easy Repub win.
Anything less that a fairly solid (R) victory will be cause for concern of what it portends
Bruce Dickinson
Footballguy
The Congressman from Montana, Ryan Zinke, was named Secretary of the Interior. So there's a vacancy. Today's election fills that seat.
Since Montana only has one House seat, the election is statewide.
The race got national attention last night when the Republican candidate, Greg Gianforte, choked and body slammed a reporter. No shtick. This really happened. Gianforte has been charged with misdemeanor assault.
SaintsInDome2006
Footballguy
Double-G with a 700 vote lead.
msudaisy26
Footballguy
Thanks for the update, and wow in the body slam. Will he lose his seat if convicted?
Premier
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Bruce Dickinson
Footballguy
No. In fact, the immediate reaction to the assault was mixed and might not have hurt his chances. Gianforte received over $100K in campaign donations after the news broke.
Bruce Dickinson
Footballguy
Montana has a strong absentee/vote-by-mail system, and 60-70 percent of the projected total votes cast were by mail and before the assault.
So keep that in mind when tracking the results.
So keep that in mind when tracking the results.
SaintsInDome2006
Footballguy
Sounds like the Dems could have run a more experienced candidate.
Bruce Dickinson
Footballguy
Oh, yeah. The Democrat candidate, Rob Quist, is a singer/songwriter who has never held public office. His politics are self-described as a Bernie Sanders liberal, but there's no legislative record on him.
Most of his songs are about how beautiful Montana is and how great it is to live in the American West.
Premier
Footballguy
Really unlike them to run out a terrible candidate and then complain about the brutish tendencies of their opponent and his halfwit hillbilly base.
Dickies
Footballguy
Bruce Dickinson
Footballguy
Back in November, Zinke won by about 80,000 votes (285K-205K), a 56-40 split. (A libertarian got about 16K votes).
Trump beat Hillary 279K-177K. 56.2-35.7.
Gianforte ran for Governor back in November and lost to the incumbent Dem 255K-236K. 50-46.
Trump beat Hillary 279K-177K. 56.2-35.7.
Gianforte ran for Governor back in November and lost to the incumbent Dem 255K-236K. 50-46.
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Bruce Dickinson
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Yes. It's really weird seeing him stump in a cowboy hat, blazer, jeans, and boots, and spew all that Marxist nonsense.
Bruce Dickinson
Footballguy
Early returns bode well for Knox County (TN) mayoral candidate Glenn Jacobs.
Jacobs's previous work includes the finishing move "The Chokeslam From Hell" as WWE Superstar Kane. (And WWF "Superstar" Isaac Yankem, DDS and yes he did once wrestle as an evil dentist and I am not making this up)
Bruce Dickinson
Footballguy
The good news is Congresspeople never have reporters approach them unexpectedly and put microphones or recorders near their faces, so there's little chance Gianforte will have to drop another hippie liberal snowflake for asking the wrong question.Another good Christian patriot added to the GOP roster it seems.
SaintsInDome2006
Footballguy
I think people were probably well braced. I don't blame folks if they wished that voters might listen to their better angels.
squistion
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Gr00vus
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cosjobs
Footballguy
timschochet
Footballguy
Such an embarrassment.
Bruce Dickinson
Footballguy
My heart says "we're almost halfway to China. Put the shovel down."
My head says, "drink a protein shake and keep digging."
Gr00vus
Footballguy
May I introduce you to the inexorable iceberg that is the hyper partisan electorate of 2017?
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