Republican Greg Gianforte overcame an election eve assault charge filed against him that sparked national attention, defeating Democrat Rob Quist in the race for Montana’s open U.S. House seat Thursday. “Your voices were definitely heard in this election,” Quist told supporters after the results were final. Still, Quist’s loss will inevitably fuel criticism that the national Democratic Party got involved in the race too late. “When this race started, I thought Quist had a 1-in-5 chance,” Jorge Quintana, a Democratic National Committee member from Montana, told HuffPost. “I don’t think any Democrat has been disappointed with the way Quist has behaved in this campaign.

Source: Huffington Post May 26, 2017 04:36 UTC