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A closer look: New Kalispell precinct goes all blue while one Whitefish area leans red in governor's race
A voting bloc in downtown Kalispell bucked the prevailing conservative trends in the 2024 election, emerging as an…
Zinke wins GOP nod in race for new Montana House seat
Former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke won an unexpectedly tight race Thursday to become the Republican nominee in the race for a new U.S. House seat representin…
GOP primary for PSC’s District 5 Public Service Commission within recount margin
Nearly 20 hours after polls closed, fewer than 100 votes separate the first- and second-place vote-getters in the Republican primary for the District 5 seat on…
Last-minute election law changes and scattered ballot errors punctuate an otherwise smooth, slow primary election in Montana
Some of Montana’s most anticipated 2022 primary races have already been called, but in Lincoln County, the counting continues.
Republicans Fuller, Sprunger win legislative primaries
Veteran state lawmaker John Fuller handily defeated his Republican rival and political neophyte Lee Huestis in the GOP primary for the Senate District 4 seat.
Rosendale wins GOP primary; Zinke race too early to call
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana's lone congressman handily won the GOP primary in his bid for a second term Tuesday as ballot-counting continued in the race for t…
Gustafson and Brown advance after Montana Supreme Court primary
Montana Supreme Court Justice Ingrid Gustafson and current Public Service Commission Chair James Brown have emerged as the top two vote-getters in the non-partisan primary election for the high court’s second seat,…
Loge garners re-election support in Mineral, Sanders counties
Rep. Denley Loge has secured another term in the Montana House following a hotly contested primary election.
Sheriff Bell wins re-election in Lake County
Don Bell has won his re-election bid for Lake County sheriff.
Republican Bukacek holds narrow lead in PSC primary
Kalispell physician Ann Bukacek was ahead Wednesday morning on the Republican side for the Montana Public Service Commission, with Rep. Derek Skees, also of Ka…
Fallon holds razor-thin lead over Holmquist
Jack Fallon holds a razor-thin lead over incumbent Pam Holmquist in the GOP nomination for the sole Flathead County Commission seat up for grabs this year.
Zinke, Olszewski in tight GOP race; Tranel wins for Democrats
Montana's lone congressman handily won the GOP primary in his bid for a second term Tuesday as ballot-counting continued in the race for the state's newly crea…
Primary election ballots due today
Ballots for the federal primary election are due today, June 7.
GOP contenders debate in Whitefish, sans Zinke
Four Republican candidates for Montana’s new western U.S. House seat debated in Whitefish on Friday, generally finding agreement on a number of points related …
Flathead County Clerk and Recorder Election: Maddie Howard
In the race for Flathead County Clerk and Recorder, incumbent Republican Debbie Pierson is being challenged by Madelene Howard in the primary election on June …
Flathead County Clerk and Recorder Election: Debbie Pierson
Editor’s Note: In the race for Flathead County Clerk and Recorder, incumbent Republican Debbie Pierson is being challenged by Madelene Howard in the primary el…