al: conservation. chris: uniting the nation. jim: with a bit of imagination. the more you know. john walsh, the junior democratic senator from montana, the one who has the same haircut as the senior senator from montana, john walsh, the guy on the left here, he s only been in office for about four months. he was sworn in in february, after being appointed to fill the seat left empty when max baucus became ambassador to china. but now, less than 120 days after getting the job in the first place, senator walsh is having to get going on his re-election campaign, which is kind of really is his election campaign, since even though he s the incumbent, he never ever actually had to run to win that seat. that said, senator walsh of montana had no problem winning the democratic primary last night. given the results of the republican primary last night in montana, we now know that the general election in november is going to be a big purple state
needed to live again. but if politicians like congressman daines have their way, other women will be left with no options at all. beltway consensus would have you belief that abortion politics are over. that that s so 2012. but the policy positions that made 2012 into such a politically potent fight over this issue, those policy positions are widespread again, among thissier s class of republican senate candidates. and so, yes, general election campaigns are going to be like this, again, this year. we know that now in montana, where democrat john walsh, who s already started his campaign to hold on to his senate seat against congressman steve daines using ads like this, and it s likely we ll also see the same thing at play for the race for senate in iowa. turns out the race for tom harkin s old seat, the republican candidate for that seat will be the candidate who got a lot of national attention for her campaign ad about castration. i agree up castrating hogs on
this is a historic moment in this state s history. and because of your hard work, because of your dedication, we sit here tonight leading a 42-year incumbent. that s tea party challenger, chris mcdaniel, addressing his supporters last night in mississippi. he s going to be in a runoff election against incumbent republican senator, thad cochran, on june 24th. joining us now is casey hunt, nbc political reporter. she s just back from jackson, mississippi. boy, your arms must be tired. just flown in. you were in mississippi last night. i know, we talked from cochran headquarters and you were saying that everybody was kind of on all ten toes, a little stressed out about this. they must be worried about the
john walsh, the junior democratic senator from montana, the one who has the same haircut as the senior senator from montana, john walsh, the guy on the left here, he s only been in office for about four months. he was sworn in in february, after being appointed to fill the seat left empty when max baucus became ambassador to china. but now, less than 120 days after getting the job in the first place, senator walsh is having to get going on his re-election campaign, which is kind of really is his election campaign, since even though he s the incumbent, he never ever actually had to run to win that seat. that said, senator walsh of montana had no problem winning the democratic primary last night. given the results of the republican primary last night in montana, we now know that the general election in november is going to be a big purple state fight in montana between incumbent senate democrat john walsh and republican congressman, steve danes. congressman danes voting record ranks him
john walsh, the junior democratic senator from montana, the one who has the same haircut as the senior senator from montana. he s only been in office for about four months. he was sworn in in february after max baucus became ambassador to china. senator walsh is having to get going on his reelection campaign, which kind of really is his election campaign because even though he is the incumbent he never had to run to win that seat. given the results of the republican primary, we now know that the general election in november is going to be a big