Bankhead takes swings at Bodnar, calls for him to resign race

By: Keila Szpaller

Outlets: Daily Montanan

Published: June 16, 2026

Words: 691

Last Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago

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Alani Bankhead, running for the U.S. Senate, launched an attack Monday on the University of Montana campus against independent candidate Seth Bodnar, its former president.

Bankhead, who won the Democratic nomination for Senate on June 2, argued Bodnar did not have the capacity to lead and still “deflects” responsibility for gender discrimination allegations in a lawsuit settled in 2024.

Bankhead made her arguments at a campaign event on the heels of a primary win …

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