蒙大拿民主党主席辞职并「倒戈」：奥布莱恩称本党参议员候选人难以胜选，转而支持独立候选人
海伦娜消息：蒙大拿州民主党主席香农·奥布莱恩10月12日宣布辞职，并公开表示将支持独立候选人塞思·博德纳尔角逐该州联邦参议员席位，而不是本党提名人阿拉尼·班克黑德。奥布莱恩自2025年起担任州党主席，她通过在 MS NOW 发表专栏文章宣布了这一决定。
奥布莱恩在文中称，她无法支持班克黑德，因为对方「没有赢得这场选举的势头、资源或意愿」；她同时批评班克黑德把精力用在攻击博德纳尔上，而不是对准共和党候选人库尔特·阿尔梅。她还表示，这场选举的胜者很可能将对一位最高法院大法官提名投下关键票，因此不能保持沉默。班克黑德今年8月曾明确表示不会退选，目前仍是民主党候选人。
选举分析方面，Decision Desk HQ 的测算给共和党候选人阿尔梅91%的胜选概率；现有民调显示阿尔梅支持率为43.4%，班克黑德为18.3%。蒙大拿州的联邦参议员选举将于11月3日举行，这场党主席辞职风波给本已落后的民主党选情再添变数。
信息来源：Washington Examiner、WiseVoter https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/congressional/4763723/montana-democratic-party-chair-resigns/
Montana Democratic Party Chair Resigns, Backs Independent Over Her Own Party's Senate Nominee
HELENA, Mont. — Shannon O'Brien, chairwoman of the Montana Democratic Party since 2025, resigned on Monday, Oct. 12, and announced she will back independent candidate Seth Bodnar in the state's U.S. Senate race rather than her own party's nominee, Alani Bankhead. O'Brien made the announcement in an op-ed published on MS NOW.
O'Brien wrote that she could not back Bankhead because the nominee "does not have the momentum, resources or will to win this race," and criticized Bankhead for directing attacks at Bodnar instead of at Republican nominee Kurt Alme. She said the winner of the race will almost certainly vote on a Supreme Court nominee, making it impossible to stay quiet. Bankhead, who said in August she would not drop out, remains the Democratic candidate.
Decision Desk HQ projections give Republican Kurt Alme a 91 percent probability of winning the Senate race, and current polling shows Alme at 43.4 percent support against Bankhead's 18.3 percent. Montana votes in the Senate election on Nov. 3, and the chairwoman's resignation adds fresh turmoil to an already trailing Democratic campaign.
Source: Washington Examiner; WiseVoter https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/congressional/4763723/montana-democratic-party-chair-resigns/
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