A Republican candidate in Montana's special election, Greg Gianforte, allegedly 'body-slams' Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs, prompting a police investigation into the incident. But happening so close to the election, it turns an already weird contest into one of the most unusual moments in modern American political history. (TargetSmart’s Tom Bonier noted that the party split of the 2017 votes was about the same as during the election three years prior.) What turnout will look like in a special election is hard to predict, but if it’s similar to 2014, that means that 62 percent of votes have already been cast early. It’s also not clear what the state of play was in Montana coming into Election Day.

Source: Washington Post May 25, 2017 01:08 UTC