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US Senate: Bodnar campaign submits 30K signatures, leads fundraising horse race

While Republicans and Democrats vying for Montana’s open U.S. Senate seat are one week out from their primaries, Seth Bodnar, who left the top post at University of Montana to run for the office as an independent, says his campaign has gathered more than twice the signatures needed

Bodnar outraises Alme in pre-primary filings, submits signatures for ballot

In pre-primary filings submitted to the Federal Election Commission, independent U.S. Senate candidate Seth Bodnar outraised all candidates, including reporting three times as much in fundraising as Republican Kurt Alme. Bodnar, the former University of Montana president, reported raising $754,000 since the end of March, with a

Montanans divided on Iran war, Trump’s job performance

Roughly 2 in 5 Montana voters believe military action against Iran makes the U.S. safer, according to a Montana Free Press-Eagleton poll of registered voters in the state. The poll, conducted in late April and early May, found that 39% of Montanans believe the conflict has made the

Senate confirms ex-Gallatin County Sheriff Brian Gootkin as U.S. Marshal for Montana

President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the U.S. Marshal’s Service in Montana, Brian Gootkin, was confirmed by the United States Senate on Monday by a 46 to 43 vote, along with several dozen other nominees. Gootkin is the former Director of the Montana Department of Corrections, appointed

The primary question: When are conservatives not conservatives? | Roger Koopman

By now, Montana’s conservative majority ought to be getting pretty upset. Every two years, we elect a Legislature that is overwhelmingly Republican, and every Republican claims to be conservative. They wouldn’t be elected any other way. And yet, every two years, government continues to grow, becoming more bureaucratic,

Montana Congressional delegation quiet on proposal for taxpayers to help fund ballroom project

After an assassination attempt at a journalists’ dinner in Washington, D.C., U.S. Sen. Tim Sheehy of Montana said he’d push legislation to fund a White House ballroom – the pet project of President Donald J. Trump. “It is an embarrassment to the strongest nation on earth that we

Trump’s nominee for the federal bench in Montana squeaks by Senate committee along party lines

President Donald Trump’s pick to become a federal judge in Montana, Kathleen “Katie” Lane, narrowly cleared her way through the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee along a party-line vote, despite the American Bar Association deeming her to be “unqualified” as a candidate. Last week, the Senate Judiciary forwarded