Montana Politics: Latest News

Early Wednesday morning after the Nov. 6 election day in Montana, more than 100,000 votes had yet to be counted and reported statewide – almost one-fifth of the votes that had been cast.

HELENA – A looming tug-of-war over an obscure House rule could influence the fate of key bills at the 2019 Legislature, as some lawmakers hope to make it easier to move contentious bills to the House floor. Current House rules require a three-fifths majority of the House – 60 members – to “blast” a

Republicans hold a 30-20 majority in the state Senate and a 58-42 margin in the House.

Stapleton awarded the $265K contract to a Billings firm owned by political consultant Jake Eaton.

State lawmakers on Wednesday will choose their leadership for the 2019 Legislature – and new faces are guaranteed for the top spots in the Montana House.

The race between Lola Sheldon-Galloway and Laura Dever has not yet been decided.

The newly-elected state lawmakers will select their leaders for the 2019 legislative session during party caucuses in Helena next week.

There were a total of 34,125 ballots cast.

Although many are thinking ahead to the next election season, the work for election 2018 is far from over. 

Cascade County Commissioner Jane Weber has been elected for another term.

After more than 20 hours of ballot counting, the unofficial results confirm that Cascade County’s newly elected sheriff will be Jesse Slaughter.

There were a total of 34,125 ballots cast.

GREAT FALLS – Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Tester scraped out another narrow victory Wednesday, defeating Republican challenger Matt Rosendale by 49.4 percent to 48 percent, to win a third consecutive term. Rosendale, the state auditor, trailed Tester by about 7,000 votes Wednesday afternoon, with more

Jon Tester claimed victory in his bid to defeat Matt Rosendale and Elinor Swanson.

The Senate race is the most expensive single electoral contest in Montana history, with more than $60 million spent by the candidates and outside groups.

As of 1:50 a.m., on Wednesday, many races across Montana are too close to call, and the final outcome for many will not be known for several hours.

As of 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday, many races across Montana are too close to call, and the final outcome for many of them will not be known until Wednesday. Here are current tallies for several high-profile races, according to the Montana Secretary of State’s office, as of 11:30 p.m. U.S. SENATE: Matt Ro

Pence stopped by Kalispell in the hopes of electing Matt Rosendale to the U.S. Senate and Representative Greg Gianforte to full-term in the House.

As of Monday morning, a record-high 303,000 Montanans had already voted by submitting absentee ballots through the mail

With less than a week until election day, campaign spending by outside groups on Montana’s U.S. Senate race has topped $33 million, easily breaking the old record for a Montana campaign.

Libertarian U.S. Senate candidate Rick Breckenridge on Wednesday threw his support behind Republican Matt Rosendale, in part because of what he and Rosendale called an illegal “dark money” mailer meant to help Democratic incumbent Jon Tester.

The opponents of Initiative 185, which would extend Montana’s Medicaid expansion, say the program that offers government-funded health coverage to nearly 100,000 low-income adults, will squeeze the state budget if it’s not revised.

Each candidate is getting about three-fourths of his campaign cash from outside Montana, according to an analysis by MTN News

The President will host a rally on Saturday, November 3rd, at Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport.

MTN News has confirmed that President Trump will visit Bozeman before Election Da

Donald trump Jr. Is touring the state for a two-day, multi-city tour which is being referred to as the “Montana Victory Tour.”

Recent polls have shown Gianforte with a single-digit lead over Williams in the race for Montana’s U.S. House seat.

The poll has an error margin of plus-or-minus 2 percent.

Under current law, Montana’s Medicaid expansion is scheduled to expire next June 30.

Montana voters are deadlocked over a ballot initiative to extend Medicaid coverage for low-income adults and fund it with higher tobacco taxes – but a sizable chunk of voters remains undecided