Montana Republican goes from wary Trump backer to all-in

By MATT VOLZ and

NICHOLAS RICCARDI

Associated Press

HELENA - When Donald Trump visited Montana last year ahead of the state's Republican presidential primary, technology entrepreneur Greg Gianforte was running on the GOP ticket for governor and made it a point to avoid his party's likely presidential nominee.

Gianforte later reluctantly pledged support for Trump, but tried to distance himself from him during an unsuccessful campaign to unseat the state's Democratic governor.

Now, the multimillionaire Gianforte is trying to win an open seat in Congress and has gone all in on Trump.

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