Waiting to vote tested the willpower of hundreds of people in an hourslong line that stretched outside a county courthouse in a Montana town.
The state was one of 10 that voted on abortion-related ballot measures in the 2024 election. Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in the landmark Dobbs decision two years ago, a growing number of states have responded by passing their own laws codifying the right to abortion.
Montana state Rep. Zooey Zephyr (D) won reelection Tuesday, assuring her return to the state Capitol in January nearly two years after her Republican colleagues censured her over language she used
Former Navy SEAL Tim Sheehy has beaten three-term Democrat Sen. Jon Tester in Montana, flipping a key race as Republicans are set to take back control of the Senate, the Associated Press projects.
Montana voters have passed a ballot measure to amend the state’s constitution to include the right to an abortion, cementing access to abortion services in the state.  Constitutional Initiative
Republican Tim Sheehy has flipped the closely watched U.S. Senate seat in Montana, the Associated Press projects, defeating Democrat and three-term incumbent Jon Tester. With 85 percent of votes counted, Sheehy led 52.9 percent to 45.4 percent, according to the AP, which called the race for the Trump-supporting Navy SEAL at 6:26 a.m. ET.
Montana not only went enthusiastically for Trump for a third time, but took the last statewide seat held by a Democrat. Senator Jon Tester's defeat caps a years-long quest to erase purple from Montana's map.
Montana Rep. Zooey Zephyr has been reelected. In 2023, she told her colleagues who supported an anti-trans bill they would have blood on their hands.
County-level analysis of voter trends showed that most of the nation’s counties shifted to the right compared to 2020. In Montana, all but seven of the state’s counties followed that trend — and the seven counties that inched to the left still voted for President-elect Donald Trump by more than 50 points.
Republican Tim Sheehy will defeat three-term Montana Sen. Jon Tester, CNN projects, boosting the GOP’s hopes of claiming the Senate majority.