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A new Montana ruling on a third party’s ballot presence could have negative implications for Sen. Jon Tester’s re-election efforts as he clinches on to the Democrat’s Senate majority, recent polling suggests. In August, the Montana Democratic Party sued Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen and the state of Montana in an effort to prevent Green Party Senate candidate Robert Barb …

The family of the Blackfeet chief who served as the face of the Washington Redskins for 48 years want his image back on the fields of the NFL, relatives told Fox News Digital. The descendants of John Two Guns White Calf also want his incredible life story retold, too, to a new generation of Americans who seek unity and value …

Democratic congressional candidate Monica Tranel appears to be changing her tune on the fentanyl crisis this cycle after previously suggesting that the deadly drug was not coming from the southern border. Tranel, the Democratic candidate running in Montana’s First Congressional District against Republican incumbent Rep. Ryan Zinke, recently released a campaign ad appearing tough on the border. However, during her …

Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., expressed skepticism about a recent poll that showed him losing his Senate seat in Montana, which prompted two prominent political handicappers to shift their race ratings to give Republicans an advantage. “If you look at the AARP poll, there’s absolute inconsistency with reality,” he told reporters on Thursday. In particular, Tester took issue with how similar …

Democrats are hinging their hopes of retaining the Senate majority on voters’ disdain for so-called “carpetbaggers.” As Senate Democrats fight to keep several vulnerable incumbents from losing tough races in swing states across the country, their campaign arm and state parties are homing in on Republican candidates’ traits and biographies over policies. “It’s a time-honored direction for campaigns to go, …

FIRST ON FOX: A conservative super PAC announced on Wednesday that it is endorsing GOP Montana Senate candidate Tim Sheehy while also rolling out a seven-figure investment into encouraging Montanans to vote early. “Today, the Sentinel Action Fund endorsed Tim Sheehy for U.S. Senate in Montana. Along with the endorsement, the Sentinel Action Fund announced a seven-figure investment and the …

Montana Democratic Sen. Jon Tester’s campaign ceded on Tuesday that it faces a significant challenge in trying to hold onto his Senate seat in the two-time, Trump-won state come November. “As we enter the general election, it’s clear Montana’s U.S. Senate race will be the most competitive in the country in 2024,” wrote campaign manager Shelbi Dantic in a memo …

A 21-year-old woman who recently graduated from Washington State University in Pullman disappeared from Seattle International Airport the same day her fiance and his 2-year-old daughter went missing from Moscow, Idaho. Nadia Erika Cole was reported missing from the airport on May 29, according to the private investigator her family hired. Cole’s fiance, 21-year-old Aaron Daniel Aung, and his 2-year-old …

Former senior firearms sales executive Ryan Busse has won the Democrat nomination in the Montana gubernatorial race to unseat Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte in November. While most of Montana’s statewide leadership are currently Republican, the state’s governor’s seat was occupied by a Democrat for nearly a decade before being flipped red in 2020 by Gianforte. Busse detailed his views on …

After nearly five months and more than 100 primaries and caucuses, the 2024 presidential nominating season comes to a close this month. Voters in Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, South Dakota and Washington, D.C., head to the polls Tuesday for both presidential and state primaries. Voters in Iowa, which already held its presidential caucuses, will cast ballots in state primaries. …