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WEB5 days ago · Less than a year after levying a 28% increase on residential electricity customers, NorthWestern Energy is looking to recover an additional $193 million annually from its electricity and natural gas customers. Here’s what customers should know about the rate hike request that’s currently before Montana’s Public Service Commission.
Who was Tim Sheehy before he started running for Senate?
WEBDec 4, 2023 · Before Tim Sheehy was the frontrunner in Montana’s 2024 Republican primary for U.S. Senate, the ex-Navy SEAL, aerial firefighter, millionaire business owner, part-time rancher and occasional political donor was a 2004 graduate of a Minneapolis-St. Paul area private high school who grew up in a lake house outside Minnesota’s Twin Cities.
Montana's 2020 election - Montana Free Press
WEBNov 3, 2020 · With a wide array of Montana offices up for election this year, the state’s voters will have consequential ballots to ponder come November. Montana Free Press has prepared this guide to help Montana voters with their decisions by collecting links to campaign websites and social media accounts, asking candidates about their positions on key issues, crunching campaign finance data, and ...
Montana poised to elect first openly transgender lawmakers
WEBJun 9, 2022 · Zephyr is running against Republican Sean Patrick McCoy and Libertarian Michael Vanecek. If they’re victorious on Election Day, Howell and Zephyr will become Montana’s first openly transgender state lawmakers. SJ Howell in October, 2021. Credit: Courtesy of Howell campaign. “It’s exciting and humbling to be a ‘first,’” Howell said ...
How will voters define Montana’s Western U.S. House district?
WEBby Mara Silvers 05.19.2022. Credit: Photo illustration by Melissa McFarlin / MTFP. For the first time in decades, Montanans are considering a ballot with two new federal congressional districts — a division based on population gains documented by the 2020 census. Neither district comes with a pat political history or clear electoral forecast.
The Crazy Mountains’ next act - Montana Free Press
WEBJun 11, 2021 · THE CRAZIES’ NEXT ACT. The Crazy Mountains have dodged much of the extractive use that’s stamped into other landscapes in the state — the copper mines in Butte, the terraced clear-cuts in the Bitterroot National Forest, the oil fields of eastern Montana. The area has a long history of agricultural use, but it …
2022 Montana election guide - Montana Free Press
WEBDistrict includes Great Falls and the Hi-Line. Nov. 8 general election vote. Randy Pinocci. 100%. 56,063. Count reported by Montana secretary of state as of 11/14/22. Find information on state-level candidates, legislative races, your district and how to vote in Montana's 2022 elections.
What’s in MTFP’s 2023 Capitol Tracker guide - Montana Free Press
WEBJan 11, 2023 · Launching MTFP’s 2023 Capitol Tracker. Digital guide details the lawmakers, bills and votes of the 68th Montana Legislature to help you follow the action. by Eric Dietrich 01.11.202301.12.2023. As lawmakers meet to cultivate Montana’s next crop of laws this winter, there are more ideas flying around the Capitol than any single person can ...
James Brown | 2022 Montana election guide - Montana Free Press
WEBNov. 8 General election vote. Ingrid Gustafson. 54%. 235,237. James Brown. 46%. 197,905. Count reported by Montana secretary of state as of 11/14/22. Learn more about James Brown, including background, campaign developments and issue stances in Montana’s 2022 elections.
How Montanans voted, precinct by precinct - Montana Free Press
WEBNov 5, 2020 · Precincts won by Cooney (D) 0%+ 20%+ 40%+ 50%+ 60%+ 80%+. Gianforte (R) won the race over Cooney (D) by 54% to 42%, or 77,688 votes. 328,548 votes have been recorded for Gianforte and 250,860 for Cooney. Election results via the Montana Secretary of State. Precinct boundary data via the Montana State Library.