Montana businessman and philanthropist Greg Gianforte filed paperwork with the State of Montana on Monday to form an exploratory committee to seek the Montana Governor's office.
The Supreme Court's 6-3 King v. Burwell decision this morning, June 25, will allow Affordable Care Act subsidies to continue to flow to states that did not set up their own exchanges. The decision has brought praise and disdain from various sectors of Montana politics.
Congressman Ryan Zinke was picked to deliver the weekly Republican address this week and he pulled no punches in his charges that democrats were putting politics before the nations safety.
The Montana Republican Party meets later this month to elect its officers, among them, a party chairman, an office currently held by Will Deschamps of Missoula.
On Wednesday, Commissioner of Political Practices Jonathan Motl said his office will be re-activating a complaint against 2012 Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Hill for accepting a $500,000 donation.
Today, October 15, Attorney Milt Datsopoulos accused Political Practices Commissioner Jonathan Motl of expanding Montana’s political Practices laws to include things that had not previously been violations. Motl says that this accusation is partly true, but that there is precedent.
Political Campaign Commissioner Jonathan Motl ruled yesterday that Missoula County Sheriff's candidate T.J. McDermott violated campaign rules by accepting in-kind donations and services from a local law firm without disclosing them.
The Montana Democratic Party chose Butte schoolteacher, and first-term state legislator Amanda Curtis on Saturday morning as their candidate for the U.S. Senate.