In Montana, former firearms executive Ryan Busse seeks to unseat GOP Gov. Greg Gianforte
Fox News
Ryan Busse, a former executive who became a critic of the gun industry as mass shootings began to rise, is seeking the 2024 Democratic nomination to unseat Montana Republican Gianforte.
If the 53-year-old from Kalispell makes it past next June's primary, he faces an uphill battle in trying to unseat Gianforte, who is able to draw from immense personal wealth to bankroll his campaign and whose party has dominated Montana during recent election cycles. Former President Donald Trump won the state in 2020 with a 16-point advantage over Joe Biden.
But Busse suggested that Republicans are vulnerable in the state after failing to keep housing prices affordable, not taking action to prevent potential property tax increases and threatening women’s health care by passing several abortion restrictions.