Chamber of Commerce declines to endorse a candidate in MT’s U.S. Senate race

HELENA – Montana’s top business lobby Monday declined to endorse a candidate in the state’s top election race, the U.S. Senate.

At least two-thirds of the Montana Chamber of Commerce’s board must agree to an endorsement and no candidate in the high-profile Senate contest mustered that super-majority, the chamber said in a news release.

U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., is running for a third consecutive term. He’s being challenged by Republican Matt Rosendale, Libertarian Rick Breckenridge and Green Party candidate Steve Kelly.

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