{"id":3486,"date":"2026-03-05T02:30:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T02:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/05\/daines-drops-re-election-bid-in-montana-upending-a-senate-race-the-new-york-times\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T02:30:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T02:30:01","slug":"daines-drops-re-election-bid-in-montana-upending-a-senate-race-the-new-york-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/05\/daines-drops-re-election-bid-in-montana-upending-a-senate-race-the-new-york-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Daines Drops Re-election Bid in Montana, Upending a Senate Race &#8211; The New York Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikwFBVV95cUxNNVhSbnhmZi1zVHUzZzVyc2VwNlo2ZlZMREFKTjBlNW9wM1pGeVRPTWppYkhKRzY1M0tyV3pMOWVzREVYLUpIZm9YTHBBQUZlM2Z0UWREcjNlZjdwMFlXR1RyOEZxa3plellsQTVjUjJkUllWLXBPSDFKUXIxdDBVdWhnWjZVam8xY3J6aGVuMzZYeGs?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Daines Drops Re-election Bid in Montana, Upending a Senate Race<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMid0FVX3lxTFBKT24yelFTdGFaVHpsXzJva2VJTE5OVUFmb1dpdlVFem1DVlVQVFRuaEc4T1JGNlQyeHJNWUlPRUpoMWxITkkwQl9hdFlueTFYVFFITUJDeDZoUGNzMmFCY190bndEbGhGMkxJcnh5RklucUQ2cTBr?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Montana GOP Sen. Steve Daines won\u2019t seek reelection in shock announcement at filing deadline<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNN<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitAFBVV95cUxQWEhjZ0ZIWDZ5OFM2Z1l4NkN6ODk2bHpyT2VnaFM2eEV0TmtvNDBMSk5vU3hJanZkcTMyR3lDXzFjQmNxbWIyamJMOHdrZG45bkp2NE5EUTJpM3U2Z0NFaWdrQi11N1Z3Q284c19XWWhuSy1CWTFIT2lETHRvOGg3aFdpRkNzV21mQ0FYNkpJcTNHMmFXVldxcEpNbWhSNlBTNGs3N0dUSFpsWUFuc1dDa2EyV1Y?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">GOP Sen. Steve Daines of Montana says he won&#8217;t seek re-election<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NBC News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijgFBVV95cUxOT3dYcHRpb2UyMEVRcmhuVjNvYzljVGlLRm9iRTVxbEQ0a0VNcWdodUtuYXRicm5nSWpzLTZWRXIzQU53WlJqTHFOWVlmR0VkeTBHVHIzZzBjWVJYZ2JxWElpbGFFSnB5ZXBYLVpOVU5jVXBGOC1vQ2RNeUVjNW5xd1F0MUtaRmg2NGxDbjdB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">As filings close, Republican Steve Daines withdraws from U.S. Senate race<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Montana Free Press<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipAFBVV95cUxPMFFzM3FienhaRjdUcXUtdEdqX1ZTSnc1elplYXpDcVd1dEJCS1FoWVpocl83VE52bWY5a3FvMlVPWS1vVk5rSUl5T1Z3SXlNT294UkRYVkVrVkFpQTAwMEctY2xIRm9Qa1B2UTEzcXNPbjMzOHdZb0NnSFRxdU1HZUxjRlFXcEJGTGNmUmZjcDdKMjRsUjhOWjlEQlZ0NTA0S2Y0OQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Sen. Steve Daines announces he will not seek reelection<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Politico<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daines Drops Re-election Bid in Montana, Upending a Senate Race&nbsp;&nbsp;The New York Times Montana GOP Sen. Steve Daines won\u2019t seek reelection in shock announcement at&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/05\/daines-drops-re-election-bid-in-montana-upending-a-senate-race-the-new-york-times\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3486\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}