The Lake County district has been Republican-held for more than a decade and appears to favor conservative upstart Finley Warden, but Democrat Dalton Bradford hopes a favorable national environment and stronger local organizing can flip it.

Ross, who teaches at Evergreen Junior High, says “every student deserves to be seen.” He’ll represent Montana in the 2027 national program.

The former Green Beret and University of Montana president says he’d answer to voters, not parties, but polls show him trailing Republican Kurt Alme by 8 to 19 points.

The retired Air Force lieutenant colonel won the Democratic primary in June and has resisted calls to drop out in favor of independent Seth Bodnar. She says Montana’s underdog story mirrors her own.

A pharmacist and farmer from Havre, whose party has disavowed his candidacy, says voters are ready for change

A first lawsuit, filed in January over Senate Bill 542, took issue with the process lawmakers went through to pass the bills. The second, filed earlier this week in Gallatin County District Court, claims SB 542 violates equal protection guarantees for taxpayers.

Republican Aaron Flint still leads in cash on hand and outside spending. In the Senate, joint fundraising committees put Kurt Alme on top, though independent Seth Bodnar’s campaign outraised Alme’s own.

Montana’s Republican nominee is a two-time U.S. attorney and former state budget director who has spent his career in public service. He is campaigning on fiscal discipline and familiarity with the state.

The president’s first Kalispell visit, and the first by a sitting president since 1975, was aimed at boosting Republican congressional candidate Aaron Flint, who is locked in a dead heat with Democrat Sam Forstag

Widely seen as the biggest ticket item in the state this fall, the race is likely to be defined by topics like cost-of-living and healthcare that have hit voters’ pocketbooks hard — though culture war issues could still play a role.

The president’s rally is aimed at boosting congressional candidate Aaron Flint, who is in a tight race for Montana’s western district against Democrat Sam Forstag

Supporters say CI-133 would protect the initiative and referendum process from “unjustified interference by the government,” after legislators passed a slew of bills tightening ballot initiative rules. Backers argue that strategy weakens “voters’ ability to propose and vote on laws themselves.”

After a failed push by GOP lawmakers in 2025 to make court races partisan, supporters say CI-132 would protect a 90-year tradition. Opponents say party labels would give voters more transparency.

Trustees want an employment attorney to review Deborah Kish Stephan's contract. Campus employees used public comment to raise concerns about transparency in the search and in campus compensation.

Voters approved a $1.5 million building reserve levy for the rural K-8 school but rejected a $75.9 million high school bond for the second time