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DATA POINTS
$173,000 $180,000
Money raised by GOP gubernatorial candidate Greg Gianforte. He had about $330,000 in the bank during the latest reporting period.
THE BAD
WASTEWATER SPILL
A pipe below a holding pond in Big Sky has released an estimated 35 million gallons of sewage water into the Gallatin River last week.
THIS WEEK’S POLLS FROM FLATHEADBEACON.COM
Money raised by Montana Gov. Steve Bullock in the race, raising his campaign war chest to more than $1 million. The Democratic governor is running for re-election.
THE GOOD
U-HAUL
The company plans to open the largest U-Haul owned and operated store in Montana by renovating the former Walmart property.
3RD
Overall place for a team of Kalispell re ghters at the annual Scott Fire ghter Stairclimb in Seattle. Taylor Zachary,
Kyle Gully and Don Thibert conquered
the Columbia Center, the second tallest building west of the Mississippi, in a total time of 42 minutes, seven seconds. There were 199 teams competing this year.
4.9%
The U.S. unemployment rate in February. Retailers, restaurants and health care providers drove another solid month for the resilient American job market.
WILL MORE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES DROP OUT AFTER SUPER TUESDAY?
TOTAL VOTES
IS IT TIME FOR THE GOP TO RALLY AROUND TRUMP?
TOTAL VOTES
SHOULD THE YELLOWSTONE GRIZZLY BEAR POPULATION BE REMOVED FROM THE ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST?
TOTAL VOTES
169
206
226
77% YES
23% NO
41% YES
59% NO
54% YES
46% NO *READER POLLS ARE NOT SCIENTIFIC
“Donald Trump is a phony, a fraud. He’s playing the American people for suckers.”
Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney to an audience at the Hinckley Institute of Politics in Salt Lake City.
“Mitt is a failed candidate. He failed horribly. He failed badly. That was a race that should have been won and I don’t know what happened to him. He disappeared.”
Donald Trump at a rally in Maine, responding to former presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s criticism.
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