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The candidates are incumbent Greg Gianforte, Elinor Swanson, and Kathleen Williams.

This story is the third in a three-part series on candidates for Montana’s U.S. House seat BILLINGS – Libertarian Elinor Swanson says the ballooning federal debt is what got her into the race for Montana’s only U.S. House seat – and she’s promising an immediate, personal gesture to start paying it d

This is the second of a three-part series on the candidates in Montana’s U.S. House race. BOZEMAN – Democratic U.S. House candidate Kathleen Williams isn’t getting much media attention, as she campaigns across Montana – but says that’s OK, for she’s following the strategy that led to an upset victor

Gianforte most often expounds on the themes that characterized his earlier campaigns – pro-business, lower taxes, less government.

Gov. Bullock launched what he called the second phase of his Main Street Montana project

HELENA – Land surveyor and Libertarian U.S. Senate candidate Rick Breckenridge says the media pretty much ignore his candidacy – so he does his campaigning one-in-one, meeting voters in grocery stores, on the street, or wherever he can. Breckenridge, 59, says he often finds himself explaining what L

HELENA – Supporters of Initiative 185, which raises state tobacco taxes and extends Medicaid expansion in Montana, rolled out a campaign ad Wednesday featuring a prominent backer: Gov. Steve Bullock. In the ad, the Democratic governor says “big tobacco corporations are spending millions of out-of-st

The little-known office, an elected position since Montana became a state in 1889, files and maintains documents in cases before the high court.

Both Rosendale and the NRA told MTN News this week that the charges are false

I-185, which will be decided by voters in November, would increase state tobacco taxes by about $74 million a year

President Trump talked about agriculture, trade policies, the economy, and employment.

President Donald Trump hosted a rally in Billings on Thursday, September 6th.

In Montana’s U.S. Senate race, health care will be a key issue – and the latest broadcast ad from Democratic incumbent Jon Tester takes some hard shots at Republican Matt Rosendale, accusing him of “making health care less affordable.” 

The protesters outside the Four Seasons Arena sang the National Anthem and chanted "No hate in our state."

Rosendale is trying to unseat Tester, a two-term Democrat in a state won by Trump by 20 points

While President Trump is coming to Montana to campaign against U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, the Montana Democrat hasn’t wasted any time going after his Republican opponent in the race, Matt Rosendale. 

If the Senate approves the measure, its next stop will be a House-Senate conference committee

In a wide-ranging public interview Sunday that substituted for a canceled debate, U.S. Sen. Jon Tester laid out his views on health care, energy, border security and gun violence – and jabbed Republican challenger Matt Rosendale for not attending. 

In a wide-ranging public interview Sunday that substituted for a canceled debate, U.S. Sen. Jon Tester laid out his views on health care, energy, border security and gun violence – and jabbed Republican challenger Matt Rosendale for not attending. 

Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, in the throes of a re-election battle, has made working with President Trump part of his campaign pitch – and played a central role in two of the bigger bipartisan bills to pass Congress this spring. But when it the president signed the banking-reform and veterans’ h

Republican U.S. Senate nominee Matt Rosendale on Monday challenged Democratic incumbent Sen. Jon Tester to a series of debates – but, at the same time, backed out of a debate scheduled on statewide TV this Sunday. 

President Trump’s allies are continuing their attacks on U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, as a “Super PAC” aligned with the president bought substantial air time this week in Montana for an ad lambasting the Democratic senator. 

As President Trump singled out Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Tester for criticism last week, the senator’s detractors also labeled him as no friend of the president – in a state won by Trump by 20 points in 2016. But a look at Tester’s 2017 voting record shows he has supported Trump more than many Democr

Three of the potential Republican challengers to U.S. Sen. Jon Tester are near or past the $1 million mark in campaign funds this year – but their totals stand in stark contrast to Tester, who’s now raised more than $11 million in campaign cash.