 In August 2014, Walsh withdrew from the race following the publication of a "New York Times" article that accused him of plagiarism in a paper written as part of his master's degree work at the U.S. Army War College.With only 50 days left before the general election, a special convention called by the Montana Democratic party named one-term Butte legislator Amanda Curtis to run in place of Walsh.Daines won the general election, securing 57.8% of the vote to Curtis's 40.1%.