Sheehy, whose story about obtaining a bullet wound in Afghanistan has been subject to questions, won Montana’s Senate seat

Republican Tim Sheehy will defeat three-term Montana Sen. Jon Tester, CNN projects, adding to Republicans’ newly won Senate majority. Montana has long been a deep-red state in presidential elections — and every other statewide office is currently held by a Republican.

The seat was a top target for the Republican Party as it sought to reverse Democrats' thin majority in the deeply divided chamber, and Sheehy's campaign focused on linking Tester to national Democrats on issues including the surge of migrants illegally crossing the U.