Republican Tim Sheehy won the Montana Senate race ousting Democratic Senator Jon Tester, who was considered the most vulnerable Democrat in the Senate.
The GOP was able to successfully take control of the chamber after losing power four years ago.
Republican Jim Justice captured outgoing Independent Sen. Joe Manchin‘s seat in West Virginia and GOP’s Bernie Moreno ousting Sherrod Brown in Ohio put Republicans on the path to power.
Those two flips, in addition to Sheehy’s victory, were enough to give the GOP the outright majority as several other race results are still incoming.
In the final weeks of the Senate race, a series of polls showed Sheehy taking a sizable lead ahead of Tester.
But there were questions over whether Tester’s deep ties in the state and reputation as a lawmaker who can work across the aisle could help carry him to victory in an election year where Donald Trump…
