Will a Generic Republican Beat Tester and Flip the Senate?

Republicans in Washington went to a lot of trouble to recruit Tim Sheehy to run for the U.S. Senate in Montana against veteran Democrat Jon Tester. They were reportedly dazzled by the young and photogenic politician’s biography, which included serving in Afghanistan as a decorated Navy SEAL and launching a very successful aerial firefighting business after moving from Minnesota to Montana ten years ago. He was close to congressman and former Interior secretary Ryan Zinke...