Tester to skip DNC in Chica­go as he looks to hold onto Sen­ate seat in red Mon­tana

Tester to skip DNC in Chicago as he looks to hold onto Senate seat in red Montana

Sen. Jon Tester, D‑Mont., is skip­ping the Demo­c­ra­t­ic Nation­al Con­ven­tion in Chica­go this month when the par­ty will ral­ly around Vice Pres­i­dent Kamala Har­ris as the Demo­c­ra­t­ic pres­i­den­tial nom­i­nee, opt­ing to stay in Mon­tana ahead of a tight race to keep his Sen­ate seat. A spokesper­son for the long­time Mon­tana Demo­c­rat told Fox News Dig­i­tal that Tester “plans to spend his August farm­ing and meet­ing face to face with Montanans.“Harris, who for­mal­ly became the Demo­c­ra­t­ic nom­i­nee for pres­i­dent last week, has yet to receive Tester’s endorse­ment. ‘DEEPLY DISAPPOINTING’: DURBIN CALLS ON AUSTIN TO REINSTATE CONTROVERSIAL PLEA DEALS FOR 9/11 TER­ROR­ISTSWhen asked about a poten­tial endorse­ment last week, he told Fox News’ Kel­ly Phares, “We’re work­ing on my race right now, focused total­ly on that.”“We’re going to win. And we’ll deal with the pres­i­den­tial race when we have …