More Montanans cast ballots in this election than any other midterm primary
More than 300,000 ballots were cast in the June primary, the highest raw vote total for a primary during a midterm election year in state history.
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What the June 2 primary results tell us about politics in Montana
Now that the dust has settled on Montana’s June 2 primary election, Montana Free Press reporters have had a chance to refocus from the trees (individual candidates and races) to the forest (the big-picture political landscape). Here are our top 5 takeaways from Tuesday’s vote.
REPUBLICAN HAND-
Forstag declares victory, Busse concedes Democratic primary for western district
Sam Forstag declared victory in Montana's Democratic primary for the western congressional district Wednesday morning, a little over 12 hours after polls closed.
"Today, people across Montana made clear that we're ready to send working class representation to Washington so that we can fight for
President Trump tonight on Truth Social “Aaron Flint has my Complete and Total Endorsement”
KALISPELL,MT- With the Montana primary tomorrow President Donald Trump is reminding Montana that Aaron Flint has his endorsement.
Tomorrow candidates will work to make the final push to advance to the general election.
According to NonStop Local political analyst Mike Dennison as of Monday, 201,000 people had already
A look at the candidates running for Montana’s western U.S. House seat
Two-term Republican incumbent U.S. Rep. Ryan Zinke made political waves when he announced he would not run for re-election — just days before the state’s filing deadline.
In what was expected to be a referendum on a popular, longtime lawmaker from the Flathead Valley, the race for
Ray Curtis wants to take voters, and politicians, back to school
Ray Curtis used to teach government classes at Flathead Valley Community College in Kalispell. The retired teacher, who now lives in Missoula, was back on campus this week just a few doors down from his old classroom.
“I felt like I was back to teaching again in that room,” Curtis
Crowded field makes for a Republican rodeo in Montana's western congressional primary
Congressman Ryan Zinke’s surprise announcement that he'll retire after his current term upended what was beginning to look like a relatively pedestrian election cycle in Montana. In the 48 hours left before the filing deadline, candidates began piling into the western congressional GOP primary for the chance