Neill, Bankhead look to court rural voters in Senate primary

By: Jordan Hansen

Outlets: Daily Montanan

Published: May 28, 2026

Words: 1,216

Last Updated: 1 month, 4 weeks ago

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For two of the front-running Montana Democrats in this year’s U.S. Senate race, part of the strategy has been to court voters in areas that rarely “go blue” — rural towns and counties.

Reilly Neill and Alani Bankhead have looked to parts of Montana that they said are unheard and underrepresented. State Democrats are also fighting a branding issue and have a strong independent candidate, former University of Montana president Seth Bodnar, in the race …

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