Each time Democrat Jon Tester won his hard-fought U.S. Senate races in Montana, he celebrated the victory at election-night parties in Great Falls, the working-class city on the banks of the Missouri River. But as Tester goes for a fourth consecutive Senate win in 2024, the city that’s been his political backyard and a once-Democratic stronghold has gone Republican. Can Democrats find a future in Great Falls?
Author Archives: Mike Dennison
Mike Dennison has been a reporter in Montana for the past four decades and last year retired as chief political reporter for the Montana Television Network. Based in Helena, he’s spent the last 30 years covering state politics, specializing in coverage of health care, energy, campaigns, elections and the Legislature.
