{"id":3661,"date":"2026-03-05T01:58:05","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T01:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/05\/as-filings-close-republican-steve-daines-withdraws-from-u-s-senate-race-montana-free-press\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T01:58:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T01:58:05","slug":"as-filings-close-republican-steve-daines-withdraws-from-u-s-senate-race-montana-free-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/05\/as-filings-close-republican-steve-daines-withdraws-from-u-s-senate-race-montana-free-press\/","title":{"rendered":"As filings close, Republican Steve Daines withdraws from U.S. Senate race &#8211; Montana Free Press"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\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\/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\/CBMijgFBVV95cUxPTTNFbUJTWGNCLTF0MllMS0w2emNscnNtQXdjSjhyR1lYbXl5TUtxWHFMS2xtdVJOdnltSURzN2xKcWVWMDFraXprVmpPTzE2VzhIT2JFa0pNclZZSklTRzZxaXpqY00tZzdOSmdVVTVBWEI3VHlxOGtuVHctendMdS1KU0RYQ3BsNjdlMEtn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Daines withdraws from Senate race as filing closes<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">KATU<\/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 &#8211; The New York Times<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/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<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As filings close, Republican Steve Daines withdraws from U.S. Senate race&nbsp;&nbsp;Montana Free Press Montana GOP Sen. Steve Daines won\u2019t seek reelection in shock announcement at&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/05\/as-filings-close-republican-steve-daines-withdraws-from-u-s-senate-race-montana-free-press\/\" 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-3661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3661","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=3661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3661\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}