On Tuesday morning, a day after Democratic Senate candidate Alani Bankhead confirmed she wasn’t quitting the campaign, Montana Democratic Party executive director Emily Marburger held a news conference at the party’s headquarters in Helena. Tension remains among Montana Democrats after Bankhead stays in Senate raceMarburger said the party has room for disagreements over the best strategy for challenging Republicans, but that what happened in the last few weeks was “unacceptable.” Sofia Perez, a spokesperson for the Montana Democratic Party, told reporters party staff members received “countless” phone calls and that funding for specific projects was threatened. “Nobody gets to pronounce the Montana Democratic Party dead while we are this damn busy rebuilding it.” “The Montana Democratic Party has strong shared values,” O’Brien said.