Schumer-Linked PAC Funds Ads Against Leading GOP Candidate in Montana Senate Race

The strategy appears to be an attempt to promote a more beatable candidate in the general election, as Democrats seek to maintain their slim Senate majority.

• Senate Majority PAC, closely aligned with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, is funding Last Best Place PAC, which has spent nearly $5.8 million on ads against Tim Sheehy, a leading Republican candidate in Montana's Senate race.
• Sheehy, a Montana businessman, is seen as a strong contender against incumbent Democrat Sen. Jon Tester in the general election.
• Last Best Place PAC's ads have attempted to portray Sheehy as a wealthy outsider with questionable ties to China and the Cayman Islands.
• The strategy appears to be an attempt to promote Matt Rosendale, a far-right House member who narrowly lost the 2018 election to Tester, as a more beatable candidate in the general election.
• The Montana Senate race is expected to be one of the nation's most expensive, with both sides pouring in millions of dollars.

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