Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) called former Montana Lieutenant Gov. John Bohlinger (D) who announced he is is running for a Senate seat-- Bohlinger: "And he said, you know, 'John, you know, you're a nice guy, but we've chosen Walsh. We'd like you to drop out. We don't want to have a primary. "And I said, 'Senator, we're going to have a primary in Montana. And it will be the people of Montana that choose the next Democratic Senatorial candidate.' " Like duh.

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Mont. Senate candidate says Harry
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) asked former Montana Lieutenant Gov. John Bohlinger
(D) to drop his Senate bid to avoid a Democratic primary, according to Bohlinger.
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Reid and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign
Committee had already rallied around Montana
Lieutenant Gov. John Walsh (D) before Bohlinger
decided to run.
Bohlinger says Reid called him after he announced
his campaign.
"And he said, you know, 'John, you know, you're a
nice guy, but we've chosen Walsh. We'd like you to
drop out. We don't want to have a primary,'"
Bohlinger tells KRTV. "And I said, 'Senator, we're
going to have a primary in Montana. And it will be
the people of Montana that choose the next
Democratic Senatorial candidate.' "
Bohlinger's decision to run complicates Walsh's
campaign and might make it harder for Democrats to hold retiring Sen. Max Baucus's (D-Mont.) seat.
Montana Republicans have rallied around Rep. Steve Daines (R-Mont.), who appears to be the early
favorite in the race.
Bohlinger, who served as a Republican in the statehouse and alongside former Montana Gov. Brian
Schweitzer (D), has already caused controversy by comparing House Republicans who shut down the
government to the Taliban.
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