And as election day neared, Greg Gianforte seemed a shoo-in to win a special election for Montana’s lone congressional seat. A day earlier, Gianforte allegedly grabbed and slammed to the ground a reporter from the Guardian newspaper after he asked Gianforte about healthcare at the Republican’s campaign headquarters. He entered the special election this spring, and his relationship with the media remained tense as ever. In April, Gianforte joked about ganging up on a reporter at town hall with hundreds of supporters. Even so, Gianforte lost to Bullock by less than 4 percentage points, and polls have showed him as the front-runner in the special election.

Source: Los Angeles Times May 26, 2017 00:29 UTC