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One of two tobacco firms bankrolling the campaign against Initiative 185, which would raise tobacco taxes to help fund Medicaid in Montana, has dumped another $5 million into the campaign.

Republican Congressman Greg Gianforte, running for his first full term in Montana’s only U.S. House seat, holds a 47.6 percent to 40.1 percent lead over Democratic challenger Kathleen Williams

In the state’s high-profile U.S. Senate race, Democratic incumbent Jon Tester holds a narrow lead over Republican challenger Matt Rosendale, 46 percent to 43 percent.

Supporters and opponents of a Montana ballot initiative on water treatment for hard rock mines have filed campaign practice complaints against each other.

MISSOULA – President Donald Trump, at a rally here for Republican candidates Thursday evening, praised Montana U.S. Rep. Greg Gianforte for assaulting a reporter on the eve of Gianforte’s election last year in Bozeman. Shortly after Trump called Gianforte to the podium to make brief comments to the

The event is scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. and is expected to last about one hour.

Kathleen Williams is challenging Republican U.S. Rep. Greg Gianforte for Montana’s U.S. House seat.

Montana may be far from the U.S. southern border, but the issues of immigration and national security still loom large in the state’s 2018 races for U.S. House and Senate – particularly for the Republican candidates.

Opponents of I-185 argue it will mainly target lower-income people

Public Service Commission Chairman Brad Johnson, vying for a second term representing western Montana’s PSC District 5, says he’d like to continue helping guide the regulatory body in keeping rates affordable for consumers – and fair for utilities.

Fox’s formal decision carries the force of law, unless it’s overturned by a court or the Legislature.

Spending by outside groups in the race has exceeded $20 million

As Montanans start early voting this week, they’ll be choosing not only two of the state’s members of Congress, but also 125 offices that will have far more influence on state policy: Montana House and Senate seats.

Details surrounding President Donald Trump’s visit to Missoula on Thursday have slightly changed.

Libertarian Rick Breckinridge, Republican Matt Rosendale, and Democrat Jon Tester.

The event will be at Neptune Aviation Services, and is scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m.

This is the final story in a two-part series on how the candidates in Montana’s congressional races differ on health care. HELENA – On the issue of health care, Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Tester and his Republican challenger, Matt Rosendale, couldn’t be much farther apart. Tester voted for the Afforda

This story is the first of a two-part series on how the candidates in the congressional races differ on health care. HELENA – Democratic U.S. House candidate Kathleen Williams says health care is the issue she hears most about on the campaign trail – and she has a detailed plan she believes will cre

Montana absentee voters can start casting ballots next week.

Healthcare professionals were joined by Governor Steve Bullock at St. Peter’s Health on Tuesday to show support for I-185

Outside money continues to pour into Montana’s U.S. Senate race, including more than $4 million the past week or so.

In the upcoming election, Montana voters will consider an initiative that would require new hard rock mines to provide additional evidence their operations won’t require permanent water treatment. Initiative 186 would require the Montana Department of Environmental Quality to deny a mine an operatin

The hour-long debate will be aired on MTN stations at 6 p.m. on Saturday, October 13th.

This is the final segment of a three-part series on Montana’s U.S. Senate candidates HELENA – Libertarian U.S. Senate candidate Rick Breckenridge thinks “every person out there has a Libertarian in ‘em” – but says the hard part is getting them to vote that way. “We just try to bring that out to peop

HELENA – Democratic U.S. House candidate Kathleen Williams raised an impressive $2.1 million for her campaign the past few months, her campaign said Thursday. Williams, a former state legislator from Bozeman, is challenging Republican Congressman Greg Gianforte for Montana’s only seat in the U.S. Ho

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Matt Rosendale says he got into politics to rein in government spending and protect people’s property and gun rights – and that he’s done that.

With just five weeks until election day, about $3 million has been raised and spent in the battle over Initiative 186.

Tester has always pitched himself as a moderate Democrat, who can work with Republicans when necessary on issues important to the state.

(HELENA) For the first time since 2006, Montana’s general election ballot will have no contested races for seats on the Montana Supreme Court. Instead, voters will have a yes-or-no vote on whether two incumbent justices should retain their seats. No challengers filed to run against Justices Beth Bak

Gianforte, Swanson, and Williams squared off in their first debate of the campaign season.