{"id":162886,"date":"2024-11-08T09:05:26","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T14:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=162886"},"modified":"2024-11-07T17:33:51","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T22:33:51","slug":"tim-sheehy-wins-his-senate-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=162886","title":{"rendered":"Tim Sheehy wins his Senate race"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Tim Sheehy was up against Jon Tester, the Democratic Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman. Stories about the inconsistencies related to Sheehy’s claims of being shot in Afghanistan did not appear to deter his chances to win this race. Tester was a prominent Democrat voice for Veterans issues in the Senate.<\/p>\n

From Military.com:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

“I’ve been serving our country since I was 18, because when your country calls, you must answer, and I am incredibly honored by your support and the trust you’ve placed in me to fight for you and serve Montana as your next U.S. senator,” Sheehy posted on social media Wednesday, a few hours after The Associated Press called the race for him.<\/p>\n

With Tester a leading voice on veterans policy in the Senate and Sheehy’s status as a veteran himself, veterans issues played a key role in their campaigns as both candidates searched for an edge in a race seen as vital to which party would control the Senate next year.<\/p>\n

Montana has the third-highest veterans population per capita in the country at 9% of the state’s adults, according to U.S. Census Bureau data. Sheehy was winning by about 8.6% with 93% of votes counted on Wednesday afternoon, according to the AP.<\/p>\n

Sheehy’s campaign materials prominently featured references to him being a SEAL, and he regularly mentioned his military service in campaign ads and speeches.<\/p>\n

But aspects of his military record also came under question over the course of the campaign, particularly his account of getting shot in the arm in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

While Sheehy said in campaign speeches and in a memoir that he was shot in Afghanistan, The Washington Post uncovered earlier this year that he told a National Park Service ranger in 2015 that he accidentally shot himself when his gun dropped on the ground during a visit to Glacier National Park.<\/p>\n

After the Post’s reporting, Sheehy maintained that he injured himself in a fall and that he lied to the park ranger when the old bullet wound was discovered because the Afghanistan shooting was friendly fire from a fellow SEAL, and he was worried disclosing that could instigate a military investigation, even though he had already retired from active duty at that time.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Additional Reading:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kheel, R. (2024, November 6). Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman falls to Navy SEAL Veteran in key Senate race. Military.com. Link<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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