How outlets cover Steve Daines R · MT · SEN · Mar 4 – Mar 6, 2026
Steve Daines Withdraws From Montana Senate Re-Election Race
Steve Daines withdrew shortly before Montana’s filing deadline, and Kurt Alme entered the Senate race with Daines’s backing. Coverage differs over whether the timing constrained competition or mainly reshaped the race.
Community verdict
22 VOTESDaines withdrew from his reelection bid shortly before Montana’s filing deadline. Kurt Alme entered the race around the deadline, and Daines endorsed him as his preferred successor.
Left-leaning outlets focus on whether Daines’s timing and endorsement narrowed the primary or kept potential recruits out. Center outlets mainly recount the exit, Alme’s entry and endorsements, while also reporting claims about the effect on competition. Right-leaning outlets generally pair Daines’s departure with his support for Alme, though their coverage also includes criticism of the timing.
Outlets by lean
22 RATED · 1 UNRATEDCompare by side
Left-leaning coverage questions whether Daines’s timing and endorsement narrowed competition, with MS NOW arguing it curtailed voters’ choices.
How outlets portrayed Daines, by side
24 ARTICLESEach article counts once, however many sites carried it. Sides are each outlet’s published lean. How portrayal is read
Left: 0 favorable, 3 critical, 0 mixed, 1 neutral. Center: 1 favorable, 2 critical, 0 mixed, 12 neutral. Right: 1 favorable, 1 critical, 0 mixed, 3 neutral.
1 UNRATED ARTICLE NOT SHOWN
When each side covered it
MAR 4 – 6Articles per day by side. MAR 4: Left 1, Center 17, Right 6. MAR 5: Left 3, Center 10, Right 2. MAR 6: Left 0, Center 1, Right 0.
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