{"id":4437,"date":"2026-03-05T22:26:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T22:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/05\/montana-republican-u-s-sen-steve-daines-drops-reelection-bid-minutes-before-filing-deadline-pbs\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T22:26:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T22:26:11","slug":"montana-republican-u-s-sen-steve-daines-drops-reelection-bid-minutes-before-filing-deadline-pbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/05\/montana-republican-u-s-sen-steve-daines-drops-reelection-bid-minutes-before-filing-deadline-pbs\/","title":{"rendered":"Montana Republican U.S. Sen. Steve Daines drops reelection bid minutes before filing deadline &#8211; PBS"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.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?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Montana Republican U.S. Sen. Steve Daines drops reelection bid minutes before filing deadline<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">PBS<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijAFBVV95cUxQdnJ1SlgxR2dxdFJVWXRlZms4ZjhZTmJDcDBiWGVpcGpVMXEtLTdjNFZqRGg5NGZNT3RQRmVBZzRXS3dpRnAyNldYclVEMF9nV0FIQlRDZFpqeTVhXzRlZmVzcmptd1RzWEYyWExqbjJFZFBGSkJ6eHRIS3o0ZHdIaFBDRUszb2RKTkgxaQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">A Sly Political Switcheroo Stuns Montana and Starts a New Senate Fight<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilwFBVV95cUxOY0F5YTBEYklQWEkyUVZ4OWItbHJJMkNaMGZHOUl6dW41WUVTNmg4MlNLbjg4MTRoQWFMZUtkbjFlWno0LUlveXZDNWRaaXJ3YkpUUm1vc2R5WExLNnJnQzM0TTJMMlJoNjBxbTRvNFRfQkZzYjJOZ2xtbzR5MDJzN3hSbUdDaXh3OTFSMUpCSXpxS29LN3Zj?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">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\/CBMif0FVX3lxTE9FZ1l2NkZjRHc4UEkzNm85Z3NZcWwzVkFId0pINDVONXpSVEI3TG1CZWVYVm1qeV9MVWxEcTBLT0NMR3BNRDZEQkYtaXZXNTk3TzQ0NGZXRnRXWVEyUnhiUGFXZ2RjSjd5RFllbWI4RkFCX1A1WWVmNVdKQmhuZGs?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">GOP Sen. Steve Daines\u2019 last-minute withdrawal from Senate race was meant to block Democrats from fielding a top-tier recruit<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNN<\/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>Montana Republican U.S. Sen. Steve Daines drops reelection bid minutes before filing deadline&nbsp;&nbsp;PBS A Sly Political Switcheroo Stuns Montana and Starts a New Senate Fight&nbsp;&nbsp;The&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/05\/montana-republican-u-s-sen-steve-daines-drops-reelection-bid-minutes-before-filing-deadline-pbs\/\" 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-4437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4437","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=4437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4437\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}