Historically, Montanans have supported worker’s rights and labor unions. This shifted the political landscape of the states towards the Democratic Party during the late 20th century. In the 21st century, a conservative trend took shape and split both the Democratic and Republican parties evenly. Fl...
A new Emerson College Polling survey of Montana voters finds Democratic Senator Jon Tester with 39% support for re-election in 2024, while 35% support Republican Tim Sheehy. Six percent plan to vote for someone else, and 21% are undecided. “There is a significan...
One race remains fully up for grabs: Nevada, where Republican Sam Brown leads Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen by fewer than 900 votes. It's not clear how the remaining ballots will break. Reminder: In the past two presidential elections, only once has a state v...
HELENA, Mont. — Republican Governor Greg Gianforte has signed a bill defining the word “sex” in state law as only male or female — joining Kansas and Tennessee, which have similar laws that LGBTQ+ advocates argue will deny legal recognition to nonbi...
Mike Cooney, Bob Brown & Linda McCulloch As Montana Secretaries of State, both Democratic and Republican, for 24 years we supervised Montana’s elections. Working with the extremely competent county, city and school district clerks, administrators other local government entities, and an army of bi...
The Montana Democratic Party seized on Peach’s latest comments as providing a “firsthand account” of what happened to Sheehy. But Mike Berg, communications director for the National Republican Senatorial Committee, rejected the latest reiteration of the accus...
While there are many, the first of their failed campaign “strategies” was dealing with our outrageous property taxes. Claiming they would provide a simple “fix” if the Republican governor would call a special legislative session, it was a safe ruse because they knew there was no chance tha...
Trump and President Joe Biden, a Democrat, are the only candidates on their respective ballots, but voters have the option to select “no preference” or write in a candidate in both races. The AP is also tabulating results for the Republican and Democratic primaries for the U.S. Senate ...
State Rep. David Bedey, a Republican representing northwest Montana, said ahead of Tuesday’s vote that he would “reluctantly” vote against Schillinger’s proposal, which he called “a distraction.” The measure’s failure comes after House Republicans moved late last month to block Rep.-elect...
Most Republican-controlled states have passed abortion restrictions since then, including 14 that ban it at every stage of pregnancy. Most Democratic-led states have laws or executive orders to protect access. Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered ...