President Donald Trump's ability to swing a statewide race will get one of its biggest tests in Montana.
The president has made it a personal quest to unseat Democratic Sen. Jon Tester, a native Montanan and rancher who’s been working his way up the state’s political ladder for more than two decades.
Trump has been to the state three times on behalf of state auditor and GOP Senate candidate Matt Rosendale, who moved to Montana in 2002 and has fashioned himself as a Trump acolyte. Rosendale has been crisscrossing the state, from its snow-capped mountains to its vast cattle ranches, to tout the president’s agenda — even dressing to match Trump’s red tie and dark suit when they appeared together at a recent rally.