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<p>Bodnar talks why he's running as an independent, his views on the critical issues facing Montanans and his priorities if elected to the U.S. Senate.</p>

<h4>Independent Seth Bodnar Joins Jon Tester and Maritsa Georgiou on Grounded Podcast</h4>

<p>Reproductive Freedom for All, one of the nation's largest reproductive rights advocacy organizations, today endorsed former Green Beret and Independent candidate for U.S. Senate Seth Bodnar.</p>

<h4>Reproductive Freedom for All Endorses Independent Seth Bodnar for U.S. Senate in Montana</h4>

<p>In a new op-ed, longtime Montana writer, author of the Revenant, and former U.S. Ambassador Michael Punke argues Bodnar is the candidate best positioned to beat Kurt Alme and send a real Independent voice for Montanans to Washington.</p>

<h4>Montana Author and Former U.S. Ambassador Backs Bodnar for Senate</h4>

<p>Independent Senate candidate and former Green Beret Seth Bodnar shares his reflections on D-Day, leadership, and responsibility.</p>

<h4>Seth Bodnar: With Authority Must Come Responsibility</h4>

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<h4>Montana Federation of Public Employees Endorses Independent Seth Bodnar for U.S. Senate</h4>

<p>Independent candidate for U.S. Senate Seth Bodnar today released a statement blasting the decision by Kurt Alme’s DC Party Bosses to flood the U.S. beef market with over 660 million pounds of foreign beef.</p>

<h4>Seth Bodnar Slams Beef Import Plan: “Outrageous Attack on Montana Ranchers”</h4>

<p><strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">&nbsp;</strong><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">“Independent” introduces Bodnar's service as a Green Beret, his frustration as a father watching Washington get captured by insiders, and his call to end politics as usual.</span></p>

<h4>Bodnar Campaign Releases “Independent”, First TV Ad of Independent Campaign for U.S. Senate</h4>

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<h2>Retiring With Dignity</h2>

<p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Montana farmers, ranchers, and small businesses pay the price for Washington’s trade war, and Kurt Alme stays silent.</span></p>

<h4>Bodnar: Trade War With Canada Is Hurting Montana, and Kurt Alme Just Does What He’s told</h4>

<p>Seth joins the Andrew Yang Podcast to discuss his Independent bid for the U.S. Senate.</p>

<h4>YouTube: The Outsider Outrunning Every Candidate in Montana</h4>

<p>National anti-corruption organization backs Bodnar, who has pledged to ban congressional stock trading, overturn Citizens United, and end the grip of special-interest money on Washington.</p>

<h4>End Citizens United Endorses Independent Seth Bodnar for U.S. Senate in Montana</h4>

<p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">New campaign memo shows how Bodnar wins a four-way race by bringing together a coalition of Montana Republicans, Democrats, and Independents.</span></p>

<h4>ICYMI: Bodnar Campaign Outlines Path to Victory in November</h4>

<h4>Statement from Montana’s Independent U.S. Senate Candidate Seth Bodnar</h4>

<p>Seth for Montana today announced the endorsement of Seth Bodnar's Independent U.S. Senate campaign by Independent Veterans of America (IVA), the first and only national organization dedicated to recruiting, supporting, and electing Independent and unaffiliated veteran candidates.</p>

<h4>Independent Veterans of America Endorses Seth Bodnar for U.S. Senate</h4>

<p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">“The battle in Montana right now isn’t between Republicans and Democrats, it’s between the extremes and the rest of us.”</span></p>

<h4>Seth Bodnar Talks with Alex Wagner on Runaway Country</h4>

<p>Montanans know how to disagree without anger. When your neighbor needs help, you show up — regardless of how they voted. That's the spirit this campaign is built on, and the spirit Washington needs now more than ever.</p>

<h2>Reform Our Broken Politics</h2>

Independent US Senate candidate Seth Bodnar's campaign surpassed 20,000 accepted signatures, cementing his path to November ballot.

<p>MTPR's Austin Amestoy speaks with Seth Bodnar, an independent running for U.S. Senate.</p>

<h4>Montana Public Radio, Q&amp;A: Seth Bodnar, independent U.S. Senate candidate</h4>

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<p>Independent Seth Bodnar: “Montana deserves a senator who doesn't work for Chuck Schumer, and who's not afraid of Donald Trump.”</p>

<h4>ICYMI: Seth Bodnar on MeidasTouch</h4>

<p>Independent U.S. Senate candidate and Green Beret Seth Bodnar today signed the <a href="https://www.sethformontana.com/protect-montana-ai-pledge.pdf">Protect Montana: AI Pledge</a>, making six commitments to protect Montanans and our way of life from the dangers of a Broken System where both political parties are bankrolled by the same Big Tech and AI companies they’re supposed to hold accountable.</p>

<h4>Independent Seth Bodnar Signs “Protect Montana: AI Pledge” </h4>

<p>Independent U.S. Senate candidate Seth Bodnar's healthcare agenda aims to lower costs and expand access for all Montanans.</p>

<h4>Montana First Health Care Agenda</h4>

<p>In case you missed it, the Montana State News Bureau reports that the National Republican Senatorial Committee sent a cease-and-desist letter to Montana television stations last week, demanding they pull an ad exposing Kurt Alme's shocking record as U.S. Attorney.&nbsp;</p>

<h4>NRSC Tries and Fails to Censor Kurt Alme’s Shocking Record of Refusing to Prosecute Sex Crimes</h4>

<p>Former Green Beret and Independent candidate for U.S. Senate Seth Bodnar released a statement in response to CBS News reporting showing extensive destruction of buildings, vehicles, and aircraft at U.S. military positions in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.</p>

<h4>Statement from Seth Bodnar on Reporting Showing Destruction at U.S. Bases in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait</h4>

<p>In case you missed it, Independent Senate candidate Seth Bodnar spoke with host of Money Power Politics Stephanie Ruhle about his path to victory in November, the coalition of Republicans, Independents, and Democrats he’s building in Montana, and how he will work across the aisle in Washington D.C. to lower costs and bring accountability to a broken political system.</p>

<h4>“People Are Hungry for Change”: Seth Bodnar Joins Money Power Politics with Stephanie Ruhle </h4>

<p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Bodnar: “Both of the national parties are bankrolled by the same big tech companies they’re supposed to be holding accountable.”</span></p>

<h4>ICYMI: Independent Seth Bodnar Will Fight AI Data Centers, Hold Big Tech Accountable </h4>

<p>Montana’s largest labor federation backs Bodnar, citing his commitment to the state’s workers, good-paying jobs, and the right to organize.</p>

<h4>Montana AFL-CIO Endorses Independent Seth Bodnar for U.S. Senate</h4>

<p>Former Green Beret and Independent candidate for U.S. Senate Seth Bodnar released a new video calling out Flock surveillance cameras tracking Montanans' every move, and is urging Congress to pass the bipartisan Flock-Off Act.</p>

<h4>"Flock Off": Independent Seth Bodnar Takes Aim at Data Privacy in New Video</h4>

<p>Bodnar opposes mine proposal that would put the Bitterroot’s water, wildlife, and way of life at risk.</p>

<h4>Independent Seth Bodnar Opposes Sheep Creek Mine: “Not Going To Stand For It”</h4>

<h4>Erin Foley: Montana’s Working Families Cannot Afford More of the Same in the U.S. Senate</h4>

<h4>Montana First Reform Agenda</h4>

<h4>The Outsider Outrunning Every Candidate in Montana</h4>

<p>If you're willing to show up and put in a hard day's work, you should be able to put a roof over your head, provide for your family, and retire with dignity. For too many working families in our state, the Montana Way of Life is slipping out of reach. Not because Montanans have stopped working hard, but because Washington has stopped working for them.</p>

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<h2>Make the Montana Way of Life a Reality Again</h2>

The values that Montana Independent US Senate candidate Seth Bodnar is running on in 2026

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<p>This is the Montana Way. The same values that say the government has no business in your bedroom, your doctor’s office, or your gun cabinet also say that public lands belong to all of us equally — not just those who can afford to buy them. Individual liberty and collective responsibility are two sides of the same coin. Independent-minded Montanans believe in both.</p>

<h2>Individual Liberty &amp; Collective Responsibility</h2>

<p>The day after the field for Montana’s U.S. Senate race was finalized, Independent U.S. Senate candidate Seth Bodnar’s campaign released a new statewide TV ad, “Boxes,” rejecting the idea that Montanans have to fit their views into one party’s platform or the other, and that Bodnar will always do what’s right for Montana, no matter which box it falls in.</p>

<h4>Bodnar Campaign Releases New TV Ad “Boxes”</h4>

<p>Bodnar: “Forty-seven percent of Americans are effectively unrepresented. We need to change that.”</p>

<h4>Independent Seth Bodnar Joins Michael Smerconish on Sirius XM</h4>

<p>Bodnar’s Independent US Senate campaign secures another standout fundraising quarter, backed by support from around Montana.</p>

<h4>Bodnar Campaign Raises Nearly $1.9 Million in Q2, Building on Grassroots Coalition Momentum</h4>

<h4>Bodnar Campaign Releases "Montana First: Veteran's Agenda"</h4>

<p>Independent candidate for U.S. Senate race Seth Bodnar’s campaign spokesperson Abigail Tracy released the following statement following Democrat Alani Bankhead’s press conference earlier today.</p>

<h4>Statement from the Campaign of Independent Seth Bodnar</h4>

<p>After earning the endorsement of Planned Parenthood Action Fund, the campaign of Seth Bodnar, Independent for U.S. Senate in Montana, released the following statement about Alani Bankhead’s record of associating with far-right, pro-MAGA, and anti-abortion institutions.</p>

<h4>Democrat Alani Bankhead Attended Pro-MAGA Megachurch, Released Book with Far-Right Publisher</h4>

<p>Independent U.S. Senate candidate Seth Bodnar spent 90 minutes taking questions directly from voters at a town hall in Glasgow last week, and the Glasgow Courier captured what happened when Montanans who feel politically homeless got a chance to hear him out in person.</p>

<h4>"They both suck:" Disenchanted With The Two-Party System, Voters Consider Seth Bodnar's Pitch</h4>

<p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">In a new profile, voters say Bodnar’s Independent, Montana First message is exactly what’s been missing from Washington, D.C.</span></p>

<h4>The Monitor: After tug-of-war, Bodnar calls for unity</h4>

<p>In case you missed it, former Green Beret and Independent candidate for U.S. Senate Seth Bodnar blasted Republican Kurt Alme for his blind support of the costly and unauthorized war in Iran.</p>

<h4>Independent Seth Bodnar Blasts Kurt Alme’s Blind Support for Costly and Unauthorized War in Iran</h4>

<p>"Making Themselves Rich" targets the corrupt Washington system squeezing Montana families—a broken system Independent U.S. Senate candidate Seth Bodnar is running to fight.</p>

<h4>Bodnar Releases "Making Themselves Rich," New TV Ad Calling Out The Monopolies and Corruption</h4>

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<h2>Public Lands & the Second Amendment</h2>

<p>Independent candidate for U.S. Senate Seth Bodnar is building a movement built on the same principle that guided his military service: putting the mission and people ahead of party loyalty.</p>

<h4>Veterans Across the Political Spectrum Back Independent Seth Bodnar</h4>

<p>As Bodnar meets with veterans across the state, his Montana First Veterans Agenda would reverse the staffing cuts leaving veterans waiting months for care.</p>

<h4>Independent Seth Bodnar Will Fight to End the VA Hiring Crisis in Montana</h4>

<p>“Seth Bodnar, the independent candidate for Montana’s open Senate seat, blasted the announcement and his Republican opponent, Kurt Alme.”</p>

<h4>ICYMI: Bankhead and Alme Stay Silent As “Trump's Beef Import Plan Rankles Montana Farmers”</h4>

<p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Independent Seth Bodnar's “Protect Montana: AI Pledge.”</span></p>

<h4>Protect Montana: AI Pledge</h4>

<p>The American Dream starts with a roof over your family's head, and that dream is slipping out of reach. In towns across our state, working Montanans are being priced out of the communities they grew up in — outbid by out-of-state money and boxed out by red tape and investors who drive up the cost of every new home.</p><p>I’ll fight to:</p><p>Expanding housing supply by cutting the federal red tape, permitting delays, and zoning barriers that drive up construction costs and lock working Montanans out of ownership</p><p>Targeted tax incentives for affordable and workforce housing development in rural and small-town Montana communities, where builders can't make the math work today</p><p>Opposing policies — like non-strategic tariffs on lumber, steel, and other building materials — that inflate the cost of every new home and pass those costs straight onto Montana families</p><p>Federal support that rewards states like Montana that are leading the nation on pro-housing reform, instead of one-size-fits-all mandates from Washington</p><p>Explore down payment assistance through programs such as the US Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development loans.</p><p></p>

<h2>Build Homes Montanans Can Actually Afford</h2>

<h4>Independent Seth Bodnar Collects Nearly 30,000 Signatures to Qualify for Ballot</h4>

<p>In case you missed it, Independent U.S. Senate candidate Seth Bodnar joined CNN's Inside Politics with Manu Raju this week to make his case for how he plans to win Montana's Senate race in November, pointing to rising poll numbers, a coalition spanning the political spectrum, and both parties' failure to address the cost-of-living crisis facing Montana families.</p>

<h4>“We are gaining momentum”: Independent Seth Bodnar on CNN's Inside Politics</h4>

<p>Ahead of Monday’s deadline for candidates to drop out of Montana’s race for the U.S. Senate, Bodnar affirms his plans to win in November by building a coalition of Montanans from across the ideological spectrum.</p>

<h4>Seth Bodnar Affirms His Commitment To Independent Campaign for Montana's U.S. Senate Seat</h4>

<p><strong>In case you missed it, Independent Senate candidate Seth Bodnar spoke with host of Money Power Politics Stephanie Ruhle about his path to victory in November, the coalition of Republicans, Independents, and Democrats he’s building in Montana, and how he will work across the aisle in Washington D.C. to lower costs and bring accountability to a broken political system.</strong></p>

<h4>“People Are Hungry for Change”: Bodnar Joins Money Power Politics with Stephanie Ruhle</h4>

<p>Putting transparency over political talk, Independent U.S. Senate candidate Seth Bodnar today released his official DD 214 military service record.</p>

<h4>Independent Seth Bodnar Releases DD 214, Calls for Full Transparency in Montana's Senate Race</h4>

<p>Planned Parenthood Action Fund today announced it is endorsing Independent U.S. Senate candidate Seth Bodnar, citing his support of reproductive freedom and his commitment to keeping the government out of Montanans' private health care decisions.</p>

<h4>Planned Parenthood Action Fund Endorses Independent Seth Bodnar for Senate</h4>

<p>In case you missed it, the Daily Montanan reports that Planned Parenthood Action Fund has endorsed Independent U.S. Senate candidate Seth Bodnar. While Republican Kurt Alme is backed by national groups who support a nationwide abortion ban and Democrat Alani Bankhead’s past ties to far-right, anti-choice and anti-LGBTQ+ institutions come to light, Bodnar will always defend a woman’s right to make her own health care decisions.</p>

<h4>ICYMI: Independent Seth Bodnar Endorsed by Planned Parenthood Action Fund</h4>

<p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Bodnar talks Pentagon chaos, why he's running as an Independent, and taking on both national parties in a wide-ranging interview.</span></p>

<h4>Independent Seth Bodnar Joins Charlie Sykes on To the Contrary</h4>

<p>A secure nation, safe communities, and the rule of law applied equally to everyone — these are American values. They are the foundation of a functioning society. Montana deserves a Senator who takes all of it seriously: protect our borders, support our law enforcement officers, secure our energy future, and promote trade policies that ensure Montana's farmers and businesses can compete and thrive.</p>

<h2>Safety, Security, and the Rule of Law</h2>

<p>Bodnar's Flock camera video continues to draw national coverage, from HuffPost to Business Insider, as the fight over AI, data centers, and privacy becomes one of 2026's most closely watched issues.</p>

<h4>“They’re Watching”: Independent Seth Bodnar’s Viral Video Sparks National Debate About Flock Cameras</h4>

<h4>Seth Joins Andrew Yang Podcast</h4>

<p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Independent candidate for U.S. Senate Seth Bodnar today announced that county officials across Montana have accepted more than 20,000 signatures of the nearly 30,000 collected by the Bodnar campaign.</span></p>

<h4>Bodnar Campaign Surpasses 20,000 Accepted Signatures, Cementing Path to November Ballot</h4>

<p>With less than seven weeks until Election Day, Independent U.S. Senate candidate Seth Bodnar's campaign is building momentum on every front, rising in the polls, earning new endorsements, and drawing packed rooms across the state, while both major-party nominees lose ground.</p>

<h4>Independent Seth Bodnar Surges as Montana Voters Reject the Failed Two-Party Status Quo</h4>

<p>No Montanan should go bankrupt because they got sick. No Montanan should have to leave the state to get the care they need. Nearly two-thirds of Montana's rural hospitals have already been forced to cut services, and nearly a third are at risk of closing altogether. When a rural hospital closes, a town doesn't just lose its emergency room, it loses its largest employer.</p>

<h2>Healthcare & Reproductive Care</h2>

<p>Former Green Beret's plan restores the premium tax credits that expired on Montana's ranchers and small business owners, takes on insurance denials and middlemen, protects the roughly 50 rural hospitals Montanans depend on, and rebuilds VA and Tribal health care.</p>

<h4>Independent Seth Bodnar Releases His "Montana First Health Care Agenda" </h4>

<p>Independent candidate for U.S. Senate Seth Bodnar today released a statement marking Labor Day.</p>

<h4>Seth Bodnar Statement on Labor Day</h4>

<p>Four years ago today, the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization overturned Roe v. Wade and sent reproductive rights back to the states. Independent U.S. Senate candidate Seth Bodnar today released a statement marking the anniversary.</p>

<h4>On Dobbs Anniversary, Independent Seth Bodnar Reaffirms Commitment to Montanans' Freedom and Privacy</h4>

<p>The former UM president and independent U.S. Senate candidate reported more than $2 million in total fundraising, almost double that of Republican Alme.</p>

<h4>Bodnar Campaign Statement on ‘Puppet’ Alme’s Nomination</h4>

<p>Seth Bodnar’s Battle for Montana’s Senate. A Green Beret, Rhodes Scholar, university president and business leader, independent Senate candidate Seth Bodnar joins Paul Rieckhoff from Montana.</p>

<h4>Independent Americans: Seth Bodnar,  Independent Vet For Senate from Montana</h4>

<h4>ICYMI: SEIU 775 Montana Members Endorse Independent U.S. Senate Candidate Seth Bodnar</h4>

<p>Independent U.S. Senate candidate Seth Bodnar today released his <a href="https://us.list-manage.com/ZBKIeyezr4v?e=3204ae640b&amp;c2id=6b2c18e3e41ae105e1ffccf204fb14f8" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">“Making the Montana Way of Life a Reality Again” Agenda</a>, a comprehensive plan to ensure that Montanans who show up to work every day can afford a roof over their heads, see a doctor when they are sick, provide for their families, and retire with dignity in the state they love.</p>

<h4>Making the Montana Way of Life a Reality Again</h4>

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<p>Former Republican congressman, who broke with his party after January 6th violence, says Montana needs the same kind of courage in the Senate.</p>

<h4>Air Force Veteran and "Country First" Leader Adam Kinzinger Endorses Seth Bodnar for U.S. Senate</h4>

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<p>America's largest progressive veterans organization backs Bodnar, citing his decade of military service and his commitment to putting veterans and national security above party politics.</p>

<h4>VoteVets Endorses Independent Seth Bodnar for U.S. Senate</h4>

<p>Former Green Beret and Independent candidate for U.S. Senate Seth Bodnar is surging in a new poll, gaining seven points since spring and winning Montana's largest voting bloc and a majority of Democratic voters.</p>

<h4>NEW POLL: Independent Seth Bodnar Gaining Ground</h4>

<p>Former Green Beret and Independent candidate for U.S. Senate Seth Bodnar today released a statement marking the 25th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks.</p>

<h4>Seth Bodnar Statement on the 25th Anniversary of the September 11 Terrorist Attacks</h4>

<p>Cross-partisan coalition backs Bodnar's U.S. Senate bid, signaling broad desire for an Independent voice in Washington.&nbsp;</p>

<h4>Racicot, Tester, Baucus, Geise, Bradley, Buchanan Endorse Independent Seth Bodnar for U.S. Senate</h4>

<p>Bodnar's Flock camera video draws national coverage and racks up hundreds of thousands of views as Bodnar takes on Big Tech surveillance and calls out Kurt Alme’s silence.</p>