Jon Tester and Tim Sheehy, the two front-runners in Montana’s U.S. Senate, race faced off in a debate Monday night. Students at the University of Montana School of Journalism fact checked some of their claims. The school’s director, professor Lee Banville joined MTPR’s Austin Amestoy with more.
PolitiFact is partnering with Scripps TV stations and Lee Enterprises newspapers in Montana to fact-check the campaign.
UM Journalism School fact check
Watch the debate
Montana's U.S. Senate candidates — three-term incumbent Democrat Jon Tester, and Republican nominee Tim Sheehy — will debate on September 30th at 7 p.m. Watch it live on Montana PBS, or tune in on MTPR.
