Republicans are still winning, despite the winning candidate being arrested for lashing out and hitting a Guardian reporter... Despite Bernie Sanders coming to the State to heavily support the Democrat Candidate and try and garner more votes for Quist and more importantly, despite, Donald J. Trump being the President and all the apparent issues/memos/misconceptions/accusations, swirling his Presidency.
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Republican multimillionaire Greg Gianforte won Montana's only US House seat on Thursday despite being charged a day earlier with assault after witnesses said he grabbed a reporter by the neck and threw him to the ground.
Gianforte, a technology entrepreneur, defeated Democrat Rob Quist to continue the GOP's two-decade stronghold on the congressional seat. Democrats had hoped Quist, a musician and first-time candidate, could have capitalised on a wave of activism following President Donald Trump's election.
Instead, the win reaffirmed Montana's voters support for Trump's young presidency in a conservative-leaning state that voted overwhelmingly for him in November.
Gianforte was a strong favourite throughout the campaign and that continued even after authorities charged him with misdemeanour assault on Wednesday. Witnesses said he grabbed Ben Jacobs, a reporter for the Guardian newspaper, and slammed him to the ground after being asked about the Republican health care bill.
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