They didn’t trust you to choose

By: John Heenan

Outlets: Daily Montanan

Published: March 6, 2026

Words: 945

Last Updated: 5 days, 1 hour ago

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At 4:52 p.m. Wednesday, with eight minutes left before Montana’s candidate filing deadline closed, Kurt Alme walked into the Secretary of State’s office and filed for the United States Senate.

He had never run for office. He had no campaign. He had no publicly released platform. He had no announcement, no press conference, no town halls, no conversations with voters. What he had — the only thing he needed — was Steve Daines on the …

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