Articles with the Tag: Elections
From the seat of his combine in the Helena Valley, Republican Senate candidate Joe Dooling talked about why he decided to run for the Legislature. “I’m just wondering where all the grownups are,” he said. The 2013 legislative session was marked by a split between conservatives and mod...
POLSON — Every 10 years, as mandated by the Montana Constitution, city and county residents vote whether they want to assemble a panel of citizens to review their form of government. Although reviews of St. Ignatius, Ronan, Polson and Lake County governments were all on the June 3 primary ball...
POLSON – Local primaries handed out a mixed bag of results last week, as one long-standing incumbent was unseated, but others managed to hang onto their seats. The upset of the night came via the county attorney’s race, where public defender Steve Eschenbacher beat Mitch Young, who has h...
PABLO — The Montana Democratic Party kicked off its 2014 Spring Statewide Native American Community Lunches tour at Salish Kootenai College on May 27. Andrea Marcoccio, executive director of the Montana Democratic Party, greeted about 40 community members, activists, candidates and party leade...
RONAN — The weight of several uncontested primaries drove many people to listen to more than a dozen candidates who turned out for a last minute political forum held by the Round Butte Grange 126 last Friday. Most of the candidates that participated were part of races where no one had filed in...
LAKE COUNTY – On June 3 county voters have a chance to tax themselves and help alleviate an eldercare crisis that officials say is growing more prominent as the population of senior citizens continues to boom at a pace unmatched by funding support from the federal and state government. A senior mil ...
POLSON — Two candidates, James Manley and Mark Russell, are vying for District Judge, Montana 20th Judicial District for Lake and Sanders County. Candidates were asked what qualities and experience they bring to the position of district judge. Manley, a 36-year resident of Lake County, is ...
In a four-way race for the House District 93 seat, two Republicans and two Democrats are campaigning. Democrat Susan Evans will face off with James Steele, Jr. in the primary election on June 3. The Republican race pits incumbent candidate Dan Salomon against Frank Delgado. Dan Salomon ...
LAKE COUNTY — Eldena Bear Don’t Walk and George Kipp III are vying for House District 15. Bear Don’t Walk is an attorney, appellate justice and nonprofit consultant who has lived in Lake County since 2003. Bear Don’t Walk’s mother is from the area, so she spent almost e...
LAKE COUNTY – June 3 will mark the first election since Montana’s political lines were redrawn because of Congressional redistricting, and staff at the Lake County Election Office are working to make sure people are minimally confused when heading out to the polls. Lake County Election A...
