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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 f...
Poll seeking special session on election integrity fails
Montana lawmakers have rejected an attempt to call a special legislative session to investigate the state's election processes amid continued false claims by...
Gone from KPD, county commissioner candidate Parce under review by state bureau
Jason Parce, who has made his career in local law enforcement a tentpole of his campaign for the Flathead County Commission, no longer works as a police offi...
GOP congressional candidates to debate in Whitefish
Whitefish next month will host a debate of Republican candidates vying for Montana’s District 1 congressional seat.
Green Party candidates can appear on Montana ballot in 2022
Two Green Party candidates who have filed to run for seats in the Montana House can appear on the ballot this year as part of a settlement in a long-running ...
PSC’s open District 5 seat draws varied crowd
One of Montana’s smallest agencies offers one of its biggest election bouts this year following recent legislative audit scrutiny.
4 from Flathead vie for western U.S. House seat
With just Monday remaining for candidates to file, four from Flathead County have so far entered a now brimming race for western Montana’s U.S. House Distric...
Judge hears arguments in challenges over new election laws
Four laws the Republican majority in the 2021 Montana Legislature said they passed to make elections more secure actually enacted barriers that make it more ...
Challenger enters commissioner race
A Republican challenger has filed in the race for Flathead County Commissioner.
Investigation: Zinke misused position as Interior secretary
Former U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke misused his position to advance a development project in his Montana hometown and lied to an agency ethics official...
Holmquist, Heino file for re-election
A list of Flathead County elected officials have filed in recent weeks seeking re-election, according to the county election department.
Republicans drawing more money in Montana U.S. House campaigns
Republicans Ryan Zinke and Matt Rosendale have raised more than $1 million each in their campaigns for Montana's two U.S. House seats as the primary election...
CSKT Tribal Council elects McDonald as chairman
The Tribal Council of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes held its quarterly meeting Friday at the Tribes’ headquarters in Pablo, with the selection of new Council leadership high on the agenda.
Fyant, Gillin voted out of CSKT Tribal Council
Shelly Fyant, chairwoman of the Tribal Council of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, is one of two Tribal Council incumbents who was defeated in th...
Testing underway on new elections management system
Testing is underway on a new elections management system for Montana that county elections leaders warned last month was still full of bugs and didn’t appear...
US House candidate Zinke files financial disclosure report
Montana Republican U.S. House candidate Ryan Zinke filed a financial disclosure that reports he has received nearly $800,000 in consulting fees so far this y...