{"id":3542,"date":"2026-03-05T02:47:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T02:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/05\/montana-republican-us-sen-steve-daines-drops-reelection-bid-in-surprise-move-ap-news\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T02:47:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T02:47:00","slug":"montana-republican-us-sen-steve-daines-drops-reelection-bid-in-surprise-move-ap-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/05\/montana-republican-us-sen-steve-daines-drops-reelection-bid-in-surprise-move-ap-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Montana Republican US Sen. Steve Daines drops reelection bid in surprise move &#8211; AP News"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirgFBVV95cUxQNW5jMlFadTBEQWZrc2xRNVkzYnh1R011dDY3ZG9xeF9RZG5xMjF6YjVJRnphQmhKOWZ1TlhoT3VMbDJfWnltVkUtVDRPS2pIZlRtYWtjaHUyU2JvWDAzMGlyQ1I4djAza3NlT0pfaExhSms3UEVHdDV4NDNRX0h3cm1IWXdwMUptZS1IMml3NEF2SUxXMTZRRTZscXRFXzdPclR6d3NjNE9xcXZiaWc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Montana Republican US Sen. Steve Daines drops reelection bid in surprise move<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">AP News<\/font><\/li>\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\/CBMijwFBVV95cUxQbXItdDMtSVQxOUp5bWd0MjU1WXV4WHdBSEkwNHg5M1pqWmlWSTZXYjZoSmdqRk50VzZwOEZtMldUZXRDdkREcjFfczdXR0dLQ203c09WNnBXdDNrRVhtYlltQnYyeWhuWjBIMk11YWtkMnlPamR0OENoQmJBeFRnbDMzRjY2LXV6S3V6c2g0QQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Montana Republican Steve Daines drops Senate re-election bid minutes before deadline<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Guardian<\/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<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Montana Republican US Sen. Steve Daines drops reelection bid in surprise move&nbsp;&nbsp;AP News Daines Drops Re-election Bid in Montana, Upending a Senate Race&nbsp;&nbsp;The New York&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/05\/montana-republican-us-sen-steve-daines-drops-reelection-bid-in-surprise-move-ap-news\/\" 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-3542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3542","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=3542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3542\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}