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UPDATED 51M AGO
Elections & Campaigns#3 THAT WEEK ↗

Steve Daines Withdraws From Montana Senate Re-Election Race

Rated outlets across the spectrum have covered this: 5 left-leaning, 17 center and 7 right-leaning.

Lead article · Roll Call · CENTERSen. Steve Daines announces surprise retirement
Image · Roll Call
OUTLETS
3129 RATED
ARTICLES
5717 COPIES
SPAN
6DAYS
AVG CRED
69MEDIUM
The sides

How each side told it

OUTLETS BY LEAN29 RATED · 2 UNRATED
WHO’S NAMED
UNRATED · NOT ON THE SPECTRUM
People · 2 PEOPLE

Who’s in it, and how each side portrayed them

Daines and Alme were named together by 11 of 31 outlets. Counted by outlet.

FAVORABLEMIXEDNEUTRALCRITICAL
Steve Daines
R · MT · SENATOR

Daines announced he would not seek re-election and withdrew his filing shortly before the deadline.

NAMED BY 31 OF 31
LEFT
▼ MOSTLY CRITICAL4 OF 5 OUTLETSLeft-leaning outlets: mostly critical, 4 of 5 outlets.
CENTER
● MOSTLY NEUTRAL14 OF 17 OUTLETSCenter outlets: mostly neutral, 14 of 17 outlets.
RIGHT
● MOSTLY NEUTRAL5 OF 7 OUTLETSRight-leaning outlets: mostly neutral, 5 of 7 outlets.
Kurt Alme
R · MT

Alme filed to run for the seat shortly before the deadline and received Trump's endorsement that evening.

NAMED BY 11 OF 31
LEFT
▼11 OUTLETLeft-leaning outlets: 1 outlet, 1 critical.
CENTER
● MOSTLY NEUTRAL7 OF 7 OUTLETSCenter outlets: mostly neutral, 7 of 7 outlets.
RIGHT
▲1 ●12 OUTLETSRight-leaning outlets: 2 outlets, 1 favorable · 1 neutral.
Timeline · 6 DAYS

When each side picked it up

ARTICLES PER DAY
LEFTCENTERRIGHTRIGHT-LEANING OUTLETS ARRIVED 15H AFTER THE FIRST REPORT

When each side picked it up. left-leaning: 7 articles, first mar 4 · 8:08 pm, 14 hours after the first report. center: 34 articles, first mar 4 · 5:47 am. right-leaning: 11 articles, first mar 4 · 8:18 pm, 15 hours after the first report. unrated: 5 articles, first mar 4 · 7:19 pm.

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