At a rally in July, the president boasted that he won Montana “by so many points that I don’t have to come here,” while attacking Tester for allegedly failing the state’s citizens. Republicans banked on Trump’s popularity in the state, which he won by more than 20 percentage points in 2016, to carry Rosendale over the finish line. Rosendale, a real estate developer, moved to Montana from Maryland in 2002 Tester is a lifelong Montana resident and farmer. The Republican candidate’s biggest disadvantage in the race - one highlighted by Tester during debates and in campaign ads - was his status as a newcomer not just to politics but to the state itself. The president’s oldest son, Donald Trump Jr., also made a point of campaigning in the state. Very dishonest and sick!”įrom that point on, Trump worked to make Tester’s race against State Auditor Rosendale personal. “Secret Service has just informed me that Senator Jon Tester’s statements on Admiral Jackson are not true,” the president tweeted on Apr. Ronny Jackson.Īmid the report’s accusations, which included unethical practices in prescribing medicine, an “explosive” temper, and drinking on the job, Jackson withdrew his nomination, leaving Trump furious and blaming the Montana senator. Tester, first elected in 2006, earned the president’s ire in April by releasing a report as ranking minority member of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs that questioned the suitability of Trump’s pick for VA secretary, Rear Adm. The New Yorker will publish election results, as reported by the Associated Press, as well as news coverage and commentary, throughout the 2022 campaign.Democrat Jon Tester narrowly defeated Republican newcomer Matthew Rosendale after a tight race defined, in part, by President Trump’s active interest in the sitting senator’s defeat. And Republicans, if they gain control of the House, will not continue the work of the Select Committee investigating Trump’s role in the storming of Congress, by his supporters, on January 6, 2021. If Democrats lose their narrow majority in the House or Senate, Biden’s ability to enact significant legislation will be blocked. The party of the sitting President has typically lost seats in Congress after his first two years in office. If candidates who endorse Trump’s false claim that the 2020 election was stolen win control of state offices, Trump and his supporters could be poised to challenge the outcome of the 2024 Presidential election.Ĭontrol of the House and Senate will be decided as well, and history is against the Democrats. The midterms will also provide the latest evidence of whether Trump, the man Biden drove from office, has asserted complete control over the Republican Party-and is succeeding in his continuing effort to undermine trust in elections. Although Biden won’t be on the ballot in November, Americans’ judgment of his first two years in office, when he faced a resurgent pandemic, the highest inflation in decades, and deep divisions within his own party, will be reflected in the results. The midterm primaries began on March 1st, in Texas, and will continue through the fall, allowing voters in each state to narrow the field in races for the House, Senate, and governors’ mansions before the campaigns culminate in the general election, on November 8th. Trump-as well as a profound test of American democracy. The 2022 midterm elections will be a referendum on the current President, Joe Biden, and his predecessor, Donald J.
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