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.
Kalispell City Council moves forward on housing board, development standards along Parkline trail
City councilors narrowly agreed to move forward Monday on two housing-related initiatives championed by Kalispell …
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…
Cal Scott - County Commission District 1
Cal Scott says he was deciding what to do with the rest of his life when the District 1 Flathead County commissioner position came open.
Three running for open district judge position
A justice of the peace and two career attorneys are vying for the votes of Flathead County residents in the upcoming primary battle for the District Judge Depa…
It's a three-way contest for GOP nod in North Valley
The Senate District 2 Republican primary race features two veteran House legislators and a Whitefish resident whose main focus is advancing pro-life legislatio…
Kirk Gentry - County Commission District 1
Kirk Gentry views being elected to fill the two-year Flathead County District 1 commissioner’s spot as a challenge.
State Senate leader challenged in GOP primary
The Senate District 3 Republican primary race should be a lively one, with incumbent Sen. Bruce Tutvedt being challenged by a candidate who contends Tutvedt ha…
Ben Stormes - County Commission District 1
Flathead County commissioner candidate Ben Stormes decided to run for the two-year District 1 position after realizing that “our country, state and county are …
Rod Bernhardson - County Commission District 1
Rod Bernhardson, a Republican candidate for the Flathead County District 1 commissioner position, is very clear about his intention to fill out a vacant term, …
Pair of Republicans compete for House nomination
Reducing property taxes and getting a sluggish Northwest Montana economy going are two of the top issues for House District 9, the Republican candidates runnin…