Supporters of Republican congressional candidate Greg Gianforte await returns on election night in a ballroom of a hotel in Bozeman, Mont., Thursday, May 25, 2017. Gianforte won Montana’s only U.S. House seat on Thursday despite being charged a day earlier with assault after witnesses said he grabbed a reporter by the neck and threw him to the ground. (AP Photo/Bobby Caina Calvan)
May 26, 2017
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May 26, 2017 9:10 p.m.
GOP holds onto Montana seat, yet both parties optimistic
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans and Democrats found cause for optimism Friday even as the GOP candidate, facing last-minute assault charges, held onto Montana’s sole House seat.