 On February 5, 2011, U.S. Representative Denny Rehberg announced his intention to run for the U.S. Senate.Steve Daines had announced he would seek the Republican nomination on November 13, 2010, but just before Rehberg's announcement he dropped out of the primary and announced he would instead seek the Republican nomination for Montana's at-large congressional district in 2012.As of early July 2010, Denny Rehberg had saved $1.5 million of an original $2 million in campaign funds.