{"id":3954,"date":"2026-03-05T10:46:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T10:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/05\/montana-sen-steve-daines-becomes-6th-republican-senator-to-drop-re-election-bid-axios\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T10:46:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T10:46:23","slug":"montana-sen-steve-daines-becomes-6th-republican-senator-to-drop-re-election-bid-axios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/05\/montana-sen-steve-daines-becomes-6th-republican-senator-to-drop-re-election-bid-axios\/","title":{"rendered":"Montana Sen. Steve Daines becomes 6th Republican senator to drop re-election bid &#8211; Axios"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMif0FVX3lxTE51bGl3dWpVaWhvQUx3a3lWTDBuV2F0TnVWS3VyRVYxSjJHR25SS0djR0FRLXF3My15S2VRcDlEeWlpSGUwSjAzZDRSdGhOZG1hREE3X19mNTNjVkRNNG9lOWZzbnVRYlNqWW14d21NQjdzRWt5YnFFRlE1aXlsaVk?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Montana Sen. Steve Daines becomes 6th Republican senator to drop re-election bid<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Axios<\/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\/CBMilwFBVV95cUxOY0F5YTBEYklQWEkyUVZ4OWItbHJJMkNaMGZHOUl6dW41WUVTNmg4MlNLbjg4MTRoQWFMZUtkbjFlWno0LUlveXZDNWRaaXJ3YkpUUm1vc2R5WExLNnJnQzM0TTJMMlJoNjBxbTRvNFRfQkZzYjJOZ2xtbzR5MDJzN3hSbUdDaXh3OTFSMUpCSXpxS29LN3Zj?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">The fix was in: Republican senator announces retirement as part of a cynical gambit<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">MS NOW<\/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\/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<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Montana Sen. Steve Daines becomes 6th Republican senator to drop re-election bid&nbsp;&nbsp;Axios Montana GOP Sen. Steve Daines won\u2019t seek reelection in shock announcement at filing&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/05\/montana-sen-steve-daines-becomes-6th-republican-senator-to-drop-re-election-bid-axios\/\" 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-3954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3954","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=3954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3954\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}