Congressional election in the state of Montana for the scheduled November 2012 elections in the U.S. In the Senate race, incumbent Democratic Senator Jon Tester is expected to meet a tough challenge from Republican nominee, Denny Rehberg. In the House of Representatives, several Democrats are ...
Law enforcement forcibly clear the Montana House of Representatives gallery during a protest after the Speaker of the House refused again to acknowledge Rep. Zooey Zephyr, D-Missoula, on Monday, April 24, 2023, in the State Capitol in Helena, Mont. Republican legislative leaders in Montana pe...
“It is an honor to have been re-elected to the Montana House of Representatives,” Zephyr wrote in a post on social platform X after her race was called. “And I promise to do as I have always done: fight for my constituents, stand up against those who seek to break democracy, and...
Republicans hold supermajorities in the House and Senate. SB442 passed the House 82-17, and the Senate 48-1 before Gov. Gianforte vetoed it. Vetoes performed after the legislature adjourns are sent to representatives in the mail for an override vote, but the veto took place minutes before ...
FILE - Law enforcement forcibly clear the Montana House of Representatives gallery during a protest after the Speaker of the House refused again to acknowledge state Rep. Zooey Zephyr, D-Missoula, Monday, April 24, 2023, at the state Capitol in Helena, Mont. Montana's Republican Gov. ...
Montana state Rep. Zooey Zephyr -- thefirst openly trans lawmaker in the state-- has won her bid for reelection to the Montana House of Representatives after she was censured and barred from the House floor for almost two years. Her win allows Zephyr totake to the House floor f...
Following last week’s protests the House voted to banish Zephyr from the floor of the House of Representatives and the House gallery. The legislative session could end as early as this week. Zephyr has been casting votes remotely, including on Monday from a statehouse snack bar while she awa...
"All representatives are free to participate in House debate while following the House rules; the choice to not follow House rules is one that Representative Zephyr has made," said House Speaker Matt Regier in a statement to reporters. "The only person silencing Representative Zephyr is Repre...
"Headlines that have happened over the last week, stating that Montana House leadership or GOP has silenced anyone is false," Regier claimed. "Currently, all representatives are free to participate in House debates while following the House rules. The choice to not follow Hou...
In 1916 Rankin, aRepublican, was elected to theU.S. House of Representatives, and after taking office the following year, she became the first woman to hold a seat in either chamber. She introduced the first bill that would have allowed women citizenship independent of their husbands and also...