My wife and I headed north to Alberta for a few days, visiting friends in Calgary and then going to Banff for a few days.
On my way back to Montana, I noticed something felt a bit odd — so odd that I started paying attention to all the political signs I drove by.
It's election season, which means signs and banners are popping up in yards all over the Treasure State, and of course, here in Montana, one of the biggest elections of the fall is between Jon Tester and Tim Sheehy for the U.S. Senate seat to represent Montana.
Which candidate does Montana's farming community support?
I'm not at all going to tell you who you should vote for, I just want to say it was interesting that on my drive back to Bozeman from the border, all the Tester signs were on the farms and ranches in Montana.
Tester and Sheehy own land here in Montana and use it for farming and ranching, so it was a bit of a surprise to see Tester's sign in a rural area, especially given the narrative that Montana outside of Bozeman and Missoula is very conservative.
Not everyone in agriculture supports Tester, but it's certainly interesting. Tester is a generational Montanan, and that matters to many. Sheehy is not from Montana, but his party represents many of the issues and values that resonate with Montanans.
Both sides have spoken at length about each other, but in addition to farmers, they are also targeting Montana's veterans and gun owners — both Sheehy and his wife are military veterans, it's worth noting.
With just two months left, we'll likely hear more from both of them. It's unclear who will win, but it's likely to be a close race.
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