Montana Democrat who refuses to drop out may spoil party’s Senate hopes

KALISPELL, Mont. - Her candidacy was boosted with mysterious dark money. Some of her own party have suggested she is a “Republican plant” running a fake campaign. Still, Democrat Alani Bankhead continues to crisscross Montana in a gray Subaru in her long-shot bid to be the state’s next U.S. senator. In the weeks since she refused to step aside to make…