FILE - In this Feb. 12, 2020, file photo, Montana Lt. Gov. Mike Cooney speaks at a forum for Democratic gubernatorial candidates in Billings Mont. Montana gubernatorial candidates will face off Saturday, Oct. 3, 2020, in the first of two debates that will highlight key issues in the tight race. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)
October 4, 2020
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Despite pandemic threat, gubernatorial hopefuls avoid COVID nitty-gritty
Just 15 days ahead of the election, Montana Lt. Gov. Mike Cooney laid out his ideas on how he’d handle the COVID-19 pandemic if elected governor. Details were few, but the Democrat’s plan became one of only a handful being offered by candidates in the 11 U.S. governor’s races about how they’ll approach what’s certain to be the dominant issue of their terms, should they win.
Political cop: Cooney accepted excess campaign donation
HELENA (AP) — Lt. Gov. Mike Cooney accepted over-the-limit donations from the Democratic Governors Association, including the disputed cost of creating a website that neither the DGA nor Cooney reported as an in-kind donation to his campaign, Montana's commissioner of political practices found.
Gianforte, Cooney focus on pandemic and economy in debate
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana gubernatorial candidates Republican Greg Gianforte and Democrat Mike Cooney focused on their approaches to the economy and their responses to the coronavirus pandemic in their first debate Saturday evening.