Statement by Art Wittich, Chair of the Montana Republican Party

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The statement below was published by the Montana Republican Party. According to our sources, the Montana GOP was unaware of Congressman Ryan Zinke’s retirement plans or of Senator Steve Daines’ plans to withdraw from the U.S. Senate race. As a result, they were not aware of the plan to have selected candidates run in their place.

“The Montana Republican Party (MTGOP) stands behind its deep bench of qualified candidates seeking to represent Montanans and supports a competitive primary process to let voters pick their preferred candidates.

The MTGOP thanks Representative Ryan Zinke and Senator Steve Daines for their years of public service and wishes them well in their future endeavors.

At this time, the MTGOP will not be endorsing any candidate for federal office, instead leaving that decision to Montana voters. The party hopes every candidate will make their case to the public, contrasting their Republican policies and principles with those of Democrats – as well as phony “Independents.”

The number of primaries for state legislative seats also shows the high level of interest in serving Montanans and passing Republican policy through our state lawmaking process. The MTGOP is glad to see so many Republicans being called to public service.

“Montana voters know that beyond the primaries, there is a clear choice between Republican and Democratic governance; one path leads to lower taxes, less crime, and stronger families, and the other leads to higher taxes, more crime, and social decay,” MTGOP Chairman Art Wittich said.

The MTGOP is working tirelessly to deliver a Bright Red Future on the state and federal levels alike, and it looks forward to helping the candidates selected by Montanans win in November.”