Montana’s modern identity is forged from a gritty libertarian toughness conjured from personal freedom, self-reliance and rugged individualism that sneers at those who cave to collective thought and bow to the powerful establishment.
So, welcome to the 2026 U.S. Senate race in Montana.
When former University of Montana President Seth Bodnar decided to run as an independent for the U.S. Senate, he and his team made a grave strategic error – they failed to account for human nature in politics.
Bodnar derides Democrats and Republicans as beholden to some mysterious cabal of insiders, elites and party bosses who he alleges pull the
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