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U.S. House races are boring. It's a Democratic district or it's a Republican district, that's all you need to know. That was definitely the look of Montana's new eastern congressional district at the beginning of the year where recent voting history heavily favored the Republican incumbent. That's until independent Gary Buchanan got into the race with backers from left, right and center.

If approval across the political spectrum were the key to electoral success, the independent would have already upset this apple cart. Buchanan started out with endorsements from former Republican Gov. and...