Shaylee Ragar
Shaylee is a UM Journalism School student. She reports and helps produce Montana Evening News on MTPR.
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Jon Tester's three US Senate race wins have all come with razor thin margins, meaning third party candidates can tip races. Now a Libertarian candidate says he thinks Donald Trump is pressuring him to drop out.
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Candidates in Montana’s U.S. Senate race are focused on veteran issues -- as former service members could help decide the election, and control of the Senate.
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Republican Tim Sheehy won his party’s nomination to run for Montana’s U.S. Senate seat on Tuesday.
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Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte is being challenged from the right during a primary election this year. His opponent says the incumbent, who once body-slammed a reporter, isn’t conservative enough.
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Tester is the last Democrat holding statewide office as Republicans have dominated recent elections in Montana. He's carved out an identity as a moderate and he hopes that will win him another term.
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Sen. Jon Tester of Montana will have to walk a fine line as a Democrat running for re-election in a state where Donald Trump is popular. Will his strategy of appearing moderate work?
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Republicans see Montana as one of their best chances to flip a senate seat and regain control of the chamber. But first they'll have to choose between a political newcomer or a far-right lawmaker.
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A looming government shutdown would have impacts across the country, including in Montana, where Rep. Matt Rosendale is among those opposing federal spending bills.
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The Montana Democratic Party left dozens of legislative seats go uncontested last year, helping guarantee a Republican majority. Now, Democrats are organizing to make sure Republicans are challenged.
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More than 120 Republican state lawmakers have been mailed envelopes containing white powder and threatening notes in Kansas, Tennessee and Montana. The FBI is investigating.