In a bit of irony, the hit TV series Yellowstone is viewed as another major contributing factor. The Montana-based drama centers on a longtime rancher’s fight to protect his vast sprawl of multigenerational land from developers amid a booming population growth.

Three Democratic candidates for hotly contested U.S. Senate seats each raised more than $30 million during the third quarter, according to their latest federal filings. Atop the cash pile: incumbent Sen.

We formed that department so little Black girls could go to school down South and we could have integrated schooling. We don’t need that anymore," the Republican said.

The GOP Senate hopeful made the case to supporters that his closely watched race in Montana is riding on far higher stakes than control of the upper chamber

Tester brought in an impressive fundraising haul over the past few months, but polls suggest it may not be enough for him to win.

Tuesday was the deadline for all candidates in federal races to submit their October Quarterly campaign finance reports to the Federal Election Commision.ANCHOR

The Montana Democratic Party printed a political flyer with candidates running for statewide office — but without Secretary of State candidate Jesse Mullen. Mullen is running against incumbent Republican Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen.

Democrat Jesse Mullen and Libertarian John Lamb take aim at Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen’s record on election oversight.

THREE FORKS, Mont. — Wylie Gustafson has been voting for Sen. Jon Tester, a third generation Montana farmer, for years, sticking with the Democrat even as Montana turned redder and redder.

Republicans in Montana are on the cusp of achieving a feat only seen once before in the state’s history: a sweep of its Senate seats, governor’s mansion, and legislature at the same time. It’s a scenario Ryan Busse,

State Auditor Troy Downing is poised to ride the region’s reliably Republican electorate into office over Democrat John Driscoll and write-in candidate Reilly Neill of Livingston.