Judge disqualifies Green Party from November ballot
Court finds GOP-funded effort to qualify liberal third party was designed to create an advantage for Republicans at the expense of unwitting signers.
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Counties will have option to conduct all-mail elections in November
A new directive by Gov. Steve Bullock replicates an anti-coronavirus measure that helped spur highest-in-decades turnout in Montana’s June primary.
Bumps and backlash for Bullock
How the coronavirus pandemic is shaping the race for Montana’s U.S. senate seat.
GOP floats a nepotism charge. Butte company cries foul.
National Republican Senatorial Committee advertising tries connect $14 million in state contracts awarded to company associated with Gov. Steve Bullock’s brother to cronyism.
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Cooney’s ethics violation opens door for GOP attack
Republican PAC makes hay over ethics ruling against the Democratic candidate for governor.
Judge deals blow to absentee ballot gathering restrictions
Montana tribes argue the Ballot Interference Prevention Act, approved by voters in 2018, suppresses Native votes
How Montana’s Green Party found itself at the center of a political circus. Again.
The GOP’s financial support to qualify Green Party candidates for the 2020 ballot exposes shortcomings in the state’s campaign finance regulations.
Lagging rural census response could cost Montana second U.S. House seat
COVID-19 pandemic disrupted get-out-the-count efforts
Primary results, and the path to November
The fields are now set for the general election, and voters are already getting a taste of the nominees’ strategies as they march toward November.
Graybill and Knudsen: starkly different visions for attorney general
Over the next five months, the race to become Montana’s most powerful lawyer may present one of the richest contrasts between candidates anywhere on the 2020 ballot.
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Cooney and Gianforte campaigns take aim at November, and each other
The contest to be Montana’s next governor is already building up to be a heated and expensive clash between the state’s current U.S. representative and lieutenant governor, after Greg Gianforte and Mike Cooney declared victory in their respective primaries on Tuesday. Cooney cinched the Democratic ticket with nearly 55% of the vote, fending off a […]
Familiar names headed to general election for Montana’s federal delegation
When it comes time for Montana voters to decide who they’ll send to Washington, D.C., in November, the names on the ballot will be familiar. As U.S. Sen. Steve Daines, a Republican, looks to win his second six-year term, he’ll be challenged by two-term Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock, who is looking for a new job […]
Primary battles between Solutions Caucus legislators and right-flanking challengers produced a mixed bag
With the results of Montana’s 2020 primary election now fully in, it appears that a concerted effort by right-flanking primary challengers to oust more moderate members of the Montana Legislature’s Republican delegation has met with mixed results. Conservative Solutions Caucus lawmakers held their own in eight of the 12 contested races Montana Free Press identified […]
Live Blog: Montana Primary Election
Montana Free Press’ coverage of the June 2 Montana primary election featuring updates, analysis, results and commentary from reporters Eric Dietrich and Mara Silvers, contributing writer Alex Sakariassen, and MTFP Editor-in-Chief John S. Adams.
Republican factions vie for legislative control
Reporters Mara Silvers, Eric Dietrich and Alex Sakariassen join John S. Adams to talk about the politics of Montana’s Republican primaries.
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