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U.S. Sen. Jon Tester walked back his comment Wednesday that Montana Gov. Steve Bullock is planning a run for the U.S. Senate in 2020.

Tester, a Democrat, "misheard a question" Tuesday night about whether Bullock, also a Democrat, would challenge Republican U.S. Sen. Steve Daines in 2020, Tester's staff said.

At an event Tuesday night at American University in Washington, D.C., Tester answered, "Yeah, he’s running. Yeah he is," according to a video posted to Facebook by College Democrats. The video was later removed.

Aaron Murphy, Tester's chief of staff, released a statement Wednesday morning saying Tester "misheard a question."

"Gov. Bullock was the only Democrat in the nation to win a statewide re-election in a state President Trump won in 2016, and Jon knows the governor's focus now is to keep bringing Republicans and Democrats together, to fight dark money in politics, and to find effective policy solutions for Montanans," Murphy said in the statement.

Tester's office said the senator thought he was answering a question about whether Bullock plans to run for president in 2020, but did not say why Tester thinks Bullock is planning a presidential bid.