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Fireweed flair-up: 'Orphaned' Gallatin Valley GOP candidates rebuked for hiring private help

Seventeen Montana Republican candidates, all facing primary resistance from outside Montana and inside their own party, have aligned with independent Helena-based Fireweed Campaigns, drawing rebuke from party hardliners. Shelley Vance, running for state Senate District 34 encompassing Belgrade and Churchill, and former Belgrade Mayor Russ Nelson, running to represent

Legislation that could lead to faster election results advances

Legislation that could lead to faster election results advances

Harrisburg, Pa. — The Pa. House State Government Committee has advanced House Bill 37, introduced by Rep. Scott Conklin and created to give election workers more time to process mail-in ballots, which could lead to faster election result reporting. Under current Pa. law, pre-canvassing of absentee and mail-in

Bulgaria ex-president wins parliamentary majority

Bulgaria ex-president wins parliamentary majority

Bulgaria's ex-president Rumen Radev, an EU critic who wants renewed dialogue with Russia, won parliamentary elections held on the weekend, according to near-complete vote results on Monday. The 45 percent of ballots his populist Progressive Bulgaria (PB) coalition scored in Sunday's polls -- according to

Slovenian liberal Golob fails to form government

Slovenian liberal Golob fails to form government

Slovenian outgoing Prime Minister Robert Golob, whose party secured a razor-thin majority in parliamentary elections last month, on Monday said he had failed to form a coalition. His announcement opens the door for runner-up Janez Jansa, an admirer of US President Donald Trump, to seek to form a

Bulgaria ex-president wins parliamentary majority

Bulgaria ex-president wins parliamentary majority

Bulgarian ex-president Rumen Radev, an EU critic who has called for renewing ties with Russia, took an absolute majority in parliamentary elections that could spell an end to the country's half-decade of political uncertainty, according to near complete vote results on Monday. The European Union'

Trump-backed voting act could hurt women, minorities the most

Trump-backed voting act could hurt women, minorities the most

Millions of married women and transgender Americans could find their ability to vote more complicated than ever if the "SAVE America Act" promoted by US President Donald Trump, currently being debated in the Senate, were to pass. The draft law would require Americans to prove their citizenship when

Can Montana’s most popular Republican microtarget her way to Congress?

Only one politician can claim to have shared a Montana ballot with Donald Trump and received more votes — twice — and that’s the state’s top elections official, Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen. How the Helena native generated such dominant support is a topic of some curiosity in political circles.