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							<title><![CDATA[Stalled Economy Is Raising Democrats' Hopes of Taking Senate]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matt Volz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Steve Bullock was the lame-duck governor of solidly red Montana, fresh off a failed Democratic presidential bid, when he announced he'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'d challenge Republican Sen. Steve Daines for his seat.
Days after declaring his candidacy last month, Montana'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s first...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Montana Gov. Steve Bullock to Run for Senate Against Daines]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/03/09/montana_gov_steve_bullock_to_run_for_senate_against_daines_142601.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matt Volz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[HELENA, Mont. (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Montana Gov. Steve Bullock will file Monday to run against first-term Republican Sen. Steve Daines, giving Democrats a boost in their effort to take control of the Senate in November.
Bullock'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s decision to run is an abrupt about-face made at the last minute...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Montana Gov. Bullock Joins 2020 Democratic Presidential Race]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/05/14/montana_gov_bullock_joins_2020_democratic_presidential_race_140325.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matt Volz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[HELENA, Mont. (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Montana Gov. Steve Bullock announced Tuesday that he is seeking the Democratic presidential nomination, distinguishing himself among nearly two dozen candidates as the field'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s only statewide elected official to win a state that President Donald Trump...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Disputed House Race Puts Spotlight on 'Ballot Harvesting']]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/12/07/disputed_house_race_puts_spotlight_on_ballot_harvesting_138864.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Matt Volz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[HELENA, Mont. (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' An investigation into whether political operatives in North Carolina illegally collected and possibly stole absentee ballots in a still-undecided congressional race has drawn attention to a widespread but little-known political tool called ballot...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Independent Women a Key in Tightening Montana Senate Race]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/10/12/independent_women_a_key_in_tightening_montana_senate_race_138341.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matt Volz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[HELENA, Mont. (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' A key factor in deciding the outcome of Montana'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s high-profile Senate race will be whether independent women who voted for Donald Trump in 2016 will stick with the president and Republicans again this year, political observers said.
Hundreds of thousands of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Rosendale Wins Montana Republican Senate Primary, to Face Tester]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/06/06/rosendale_wins_montana_republican_senate_primary_to_face_tester_137209.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matt Volz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[HELENA, Mont. (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Montana State Auditor Matthew Rosendale won the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate on Tuesday in the race to challenge Democratic incumbent Jon Tester in November.
Rosendale, who has support from deep-pocketed Republican donors who want to deny Tester a third...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Baucus Casts Wide Shadow Over Montana Senate Race]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2014/04/21/baucus_casts_wide_shadow_over_montana_senate_race_122348.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matt Volz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- Max Baucus' decision not to seek re-election to the Senate after 35 years opened the door for Republicans to pick up one of the six Democratic seats they need to recapture control of the Senate. But his early resignation after being named U.S. ambassador to China...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Lt. Governor John Walsh Replaces U.S. Sen. Max Baucus]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2014/02/07/lt_governor_john_walsh_replaces_us_sen_max_baucus_121508.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 07 Feb 2014 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- Montana Gov. Steve Bullock appointed Lt. Gov. John Walsh Friday to serve out the term of Democratic U.S. Sen. Max Baucus, who will be leaving the seat to become the next ambassador to China.
Walsh, 53, already was a candidate to replace Baucus in this year's...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Scalia: Court Shouldn't 'Invent New Minorities']]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/08/20/scalia_court_shouldnt_invent_new_minorities_119648.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 20 Aug 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) -- The U.S. Supreme Court is making decisions that should be left to Congress or the people, from wiretapping to "inventing" new classes of minorities, Justice Antonin Scalia said Monday.
In an apparent reference to the court's recent decisions on gay marriage and...]]></description>
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