With 91 percent of the votes counted at about 6:30 a.m. Sheehy, a Gallatin County businessman, garnered 281,527, or 53 percent, while Tester received 237,456 votes.

Republican Tim Sheehy has unseated Democratic Sen. Jon Tester in Montana's 2024 Senate race, The Associated Press projects, marking a significant victory for Republicans in this election cycle. The GO

GREAT FALLS — Republican Tim Sheehy won Montana’s U.S. Senate race early Wednesday, unseating incumbent Democrat Jon Tester. Tester, a three-term senator from Big Sandy, conceded the race shortly after 6:30 a.m. Sheehy led by 43,000 votes, or a 53% vote share, with more than half of Montana’s precincts fully counted.

Tim Sheehy won Montana's Senate race on Wednesday, unseating the state's Democratic incumbent, Sen. Jon Tester, and flipping the seat Republican. Sheehy, a former Navy SEAL new to politics, took home a victory with 53% of the vote to Tester's 45.

NBC News projects Tim Sheehy has won the seat held by Jon Tester, a three-term Democratic incumbent, in a state that has shifted in Republicans’ direction in recent years.

Republican Tim Sheehy defeated three-term Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Tester. The victory by the former U.S. Navy SEAL bolsters the GOP’s new Senate majority. Sheehy closely aligned his campaign with Donald Trump and leading conservatives while painting Tester as a corrupt Washington insider.

Republican Tim Sheehy, a newcomer to politics, ousted incumbent Democratic Sen. Jon Tester in a pivotal Senate race, the Associated Press said, flipping the Montana seat from blue to red after 18 years and adding to elections the GOP pickups in the chamber.