A ruling this week from the Montana Supreme Court means that signature gathering can begin for one of the proposed ballot measures that seeks to ensure Montana judicial elections remain nonpartisan.

Three- and four-way elections tip toward candidates with comparatively liberal backing in Billings and Kalispell.

Montana's Supreme Court ruled that Attorney General Austin Knudsen went too far in editing ballot language for a constitutional initiative calling for nonpartisan judicial elections

Daoud is a veteran Libertarian candidate for federal office, who made headlines in 2024 when President Donald Trump asked him to withdraw from Montana’s U.S. Senate race to clear a victory path for Tim Sheehy, the Republican who prevailed. Daoud declined.

There’s now less than a year to go until the 2026 elections in Montana. Three members of Montana’s congressional delegation are up for election next year.

Polls suggest 74 percent of voters in the state will back a ballot initiative to counter the effects of Citizens United.

No major Montana races are currently eligible for a recount, though vote counts are considered unofficial until canvassing is completed later this month. But a recount did happen this time last year.

In a separate ruling on a ballot measure also concerning nonpartisan court elections, the court ruled in favor of the attorney general.

Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen defended his edits to several proposed ballot initiatives on judicial elections, saying his office is obligated to ensur

A Montana Democrat lost her election and job after her voicemail of violent threats to Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-MT) was revealed. Haley McKnight, a former store manager of the retail gift shop Sage and Oats Trading Post in Helena,

A growing bipartisan effort in Montana aims to curb the effects of Citizens United by altering corporate charters rather than regulating political speech.