Montana News
Montana's Senate race is tied, according to a new Emerson College poll
With Montana News, I'm Eleanor Smith. New polling from Emerson College shows the candidates in Montana's U.S. Senate race are in a dead heat. However, the Republican is gaining ground as the election nears. MTPR Shaley Rager reports. The poll shows Republican Tim Sheehee with 48 percent of voters in his corner to Democratic U.S. Senator John Tester's 46 percent, including the poll's margin of error. That's a statistical tie. More Montanans have made up their minds, but 5 percent remain undecided. The last time Emerson College took the state's political temperature in March, nearly three times the number of voters were undecided. Sheehee gained ground from the last poll. Tester carried 44 percent of voters then to Sheehee's 42 percent. Montana's U.S. Senate race is attracting national attention and tens of millions of dollars in outside spending. Incumbent Tester is campaigning for a fourth term while political newcomer Sheehee hopes to flip the seat and the upper chamber. Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to hold a rally in support of Sheehee in Bozeman Friday evening. The new poll also reveals that Vice President Kamala Harris has more support in Montana than President Joe Biden did as she replaces him on the top of the ticket. Trump lost 1 percent of voters since the March poll and Harris picked up 5 percentage points. Emerson College says Harris gained ground among women and voters with college degrees. In Helena, I'm Sheehee Breger.