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Democrats believe it’s a Republican-backed effort to draw votes away from Democratic candidates.

The state’s top Republican legislator and top Democratic elected official differ on Medicaid for Montana. Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock made a new pitch Tuesday for extending Montana’s $550 million-a-year Medicaid expansion program and leading Republican Ed Buttrey of Great Falls told MTN News that he’s hoping to introduce a Medicaid bill in the coming weeks...

The Associated Press reports, in the hotly-contested battle to represent Montana in the U.S. Senate, that Democratic incumbent Jon Tester, who won six years ago by the slimmest of margins, has defeated Republican state auditor Matt Rosendale...

The first debate between the Montana Republican Senatorial candidates Albert Olszewski, Troy Downing, Russ Fagg and Matt Rosendale is now live.

Note to the Billings Gazette editorial board: Take the hood off – I know who you are.

A train carrying Republican members of Congress, including Montana Sen. Steve Daines and Congressman Greg Gianforte, to a retreat in Greenbrier, West Virginia, hit a truck on Wednesday morning. Q2 reports that the lawmakers were scheduled to spend the next few days at the West Virginia resort for their annual issues conference...

Q2 reports on Montana Republicans’ reactions to casino magnate, big donor and former GOP finance chair Steve Wynn’s resignation from the Republican National Committee over sexual misconduct allegations. Freshman Montana Republican Congressman Gianforte’s office said “Greg believes the allegations, if true, are reprehensible...

State Republican leaders held a press conference on Wednesday to state their case over Montana's budget crisis.

Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Paul Ryan was in Billings on Sunday to support the reelection of Montana's Ryan Zinke.

In September, the Ravalli County Republican Central Committee filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in hopes of changing the party's primary system from open to closed.