Kavanaugh gives Republicans a chance to win in Montana

ENNIS, Mont. — Louie Baur confessed he doesn’t know much about Matt Rosendale, after meeting the Republican challenging Democratic Sen. Jon Tester as he glad-handed supporters and posed for selfies along Main Street in this historic hunting outpost.

But Rosendale has President Trump’s seal-of-approval in Montana’s suddenly competitive Senate contest — and that’s good enough for Baur, 50, a recent transplant from California who is excited to cast his ballot. “I’m not that familiar with his platform, but I don’t need to be,” he said, one day after Trump rallied for Rosendale in Missoula, 200 miles to the northwest. “Republicans need to stay in charge.”