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Want a conservative legislature? Vote in the GOP primary! | Roger Koopman

Almost every Republican voter you talk to is, by definition, conservative. I mean genuinely conservative. Just read the GOP state platform if you have any doubt about what it means to be a Republican. Conservatism is both a commitment to the Constitution’s system of limited government, and a moral

Election math: Two PSC districts have five Republican candidates

Five Republican candidates are running for two Public Service Commissioner seats. The primary Tuesday will determine which candidates compete against the one Democrat who has filed to run in each open district. The PSC regulates monopoly utilities in Montana, meaning it has a hand in how high Montanans’ power bills

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

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez headlines rally to turn out Dems for Sam Forstag ahead of primary

MISSOULA – Last year progressive politicians U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont stopped in Missoula as part of their “Fighting Oligarchy” tour. That rally drew a large crowd to the Adams Center at the University of Montana, and Ocasio-Cortez was introduced by

AOC, Forstag rally Missoula to get out the vote before June 2 Montana's Democratic primary

Five days out from the June 2 primary, U.S. Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez touched down in Missoula on Thursday to propel Sam Forstag’s momentum late in Montana’s Democratic primary for the western congressional district. Ocasio-Cortez, a progressive leader in national Democratic politics, sensed she as a

Nevada candidates call for fraud enforcement, healthcare aid

Editor's note: This is part of a series previewing the congressional and statewide races in the Nevada primary election, set for June 9. The election will determine which Democrats and Republicans will face each other in the Nov. 3 general election. These stories feature comments from candidates who

Neill, Bankhead look to court rural voters in Senate primary

For two of the front-running Montana Democrats in this year’s U.S. Senate race, part of the strategy has been to court voters in areas that rarely “go blue” — rural towns and counties. Reilly Neill and Alani Bankhead have looked to parts of Montana that they said are