Politics & Government
The Daily Inter Lake’s Politics & Government section delivers updated local and national political coverage, featuring legislative developments, elections, policy debates, and government actions shaping Montana.
Sam Forstag declares victory in Dem primary for US House
Missoula smokejumper Sam Forstag declared victory Wednesday morning in a four-way contested primary among Democrat…
Crowded ballot awaits primary voters today
Area voters go to the polls today for Montana’s primary election.
Candidate challenges campaign allegations
Republican gubernatorial candidate Ken Miller on Monday accused the state’s commissioner of political practices of making “false, unsupported and malicious accusations” in a report released Friday.
County choice: 14 candidates in two races
Voters will find a crowded field of Republican candidates in both Flathead County commissioner races as they head to the polls during the primary election on Tuesday.
Voters to narrow governor field
Candidate touts resource-extraction experience
Scott Aspenlieder sees his candidacy for secretary of state as having a unique characteristic — he has a background in resource extraction that he would put to work on the State Land Board.
Tales of three bankruptcies: Reasons vary for commissioner candidates' filings
Three of the 14 active candidates for the two open seats on the Flathead County commission have filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in Montana.
Forum issues: taxes, forests, communism
A dozen people attended a forum Tuesday featuring five of the seven Republican candidates for the District 1 Flathead County commissioner spot.
Six judge candidates field questions at forum
Six candidates for Flathead District Court judge took the stage Wednesday night during a sparsely attended candidates’ night in the auditorium of Glacier High …
County hopefuls field questions
Four of the five Republicans running for the District 3 county commissioner seat fielded questions at a Flathead Business and Industry Association forum Wednesday morning.
Candidate wants to eliminate 'election-day chaos'
Brad Johnson predicts that Montana’s secretary of state race will be livelier than usual, with sharp differences over how to counter fraud at the center of the general election.
Vote today in school elections
Polls will be open today until 8 p.m. for local school elections.
Three-way race will determine next state senator
The top vote-getter in the three-way Senate District 6 Republican primary race effectively will be the person to go to Helena next year, because there are no D…
FVCC trustee polling places
People living in school districts that feed into the Flathead/Glacier high school district vote Tuesday for one of three candidates — Jerry Elwood, Michael Hebert or Raylene Sliter — as their representative for a t…
School elections take place Tuesday
Voters have either one or two days left to vote in school elections.
Glenn Kolodejchuk - County Commission District 1
It’s time to step up to the plate, Glenn Kolodejchuk said of his decision to run as a Republican candidate for the District 1 Flathead County commissioner posi…