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Montana Election: A Long Night Of Waiting

By • Nov 7, 2018

Updated at 9 a.m. Check our Live Election Results for the most up to date information.

Not all of Montana's precincts have fully reported this morning so in some cases we don't know much more than we did by the time many people went to bed last night.

'Campaign Beat:' Trump, Immigration And Health Care The Focus As Election Day Nears

By & Chuck Johnson & Rob Saldin • Nov 2, 2018
Campaign Beat, Montana Public Radio's weekly political analysis program.

A fourth presidential visit to Montana continues a grudge President Trump has with Jon Tester. Libertarians have sometimes influenced the outcome of a Montana Senate race, but will they this year? Republican ads focus on immigration, while Democratic ads want to highlight health care. And the infamous body-slam keeps coming up in the House race. Sally, Chuck and Rob talk about what it all means for Tuesday's election, right now on "Campaign Beat."

Missoula CEO Says Gianforte Assault Hurts Montana Tech Industry

By • Nov 2, 2018
Michael FitzGerald, CEO of Submittable, in his office. June 2015.
Cherie Newman / MTPR

The CEO of one of Missoula’s most successful tech companies was sitting around the dinner table with his kids when he saw video clips on YouTube of President Donald Trump's rally at the Missoula airport on October 18. The president praised Congressman Greg Gianforte for assaulting a journalist last year.

“Any guy that can do a body-slam, he’s my kind of ... he’s my guy.”

DoD: Investigation Of Trump VA Nominee Jackson Still Ongoing

By • Nov 2, 2018
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

On the eve of President Trump’s fourth visit to Montana since July to campaign against Sen. Jon Tester, the Defense Department says it is continuing to investigate charges of professional misconduct by Rear Admiral Ronny L. Jackson. 

Former President Of Planned Parenthood Takes The Stage With Jon Tester

By • Nov 1, 2018
U.S. Senator Jon Tester and former president of Planned Parenthood nationwide Cecile Richards share the stage in Bozeman at Montana State University on Nov. 1, 2018.
Corin Cates-Carney / MTPR

The former president of Planned Parenthood nationwide joined U.S. Senator Jon Tester in Bozeman, Thursday afternoon, to continue the Democrat’s effort to energize his voting base five days before the midterm election.

President Trump Confirms Bozeman Campaign Stop

By • Oct 29, 2018
President Donald Trump speaks in Billings, MT, Sep. 6 2018.
Corin Cates-Carney / Montana Public Radio

President Donald Trump has confirmed he’ll visit Montana one more time Saturday, to spur his conservative base, three days before the midterm election, at a rally at Bozeman Yellowstone International airport.

Spending On Montana Senate Race At Record $60M

By Matthew Brown - Associated Press • Oct 26, 2018
All candidates in Montana races for the U.S. House and Senate were required to disclose their quarterly fundraising and spending Monday, July 14..

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Spending on Montana's U.S. Senate race has hit $60 million and shattered a state record as conservative groups funded by wealthy donors saturate the airwaves with ads attacking Democratic Sen. Jon Tester and seek to capitalize on President Donald Trump's feud with the lawmaker.

Assaulted Reporter Warns Rep. Gianforte Not To Lie About 2017 Attack

By Matt Volz - Associated Press • Oct 25, 2018
Greg Gianforte looks back at reporter Ben Jacobs in Gallatin County Justice Court, June 12, 2017, after Gianforte pleaded guilty to assaulting Jacobs.
Louise Johns

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Greg Gianforte has intentionally misled voters and the media about his attack on a reporter last year as the Montana Republican campaigns for re-election, the reporter's attorney said in a letter Thursday.

National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman Stumps For Rosendale In Montana

By • Oct 23, 2018
U.S. Senator Cory Gardner of Colorado stumping for Republican Matt Rosedale in Helena, Montana, October 23, 2018. Rosedale is facing two-term incumbent Democrat Jon Tester in what the latest polls indicate is a toss-up race.
Corin Cates-Carney / MTPR

The head of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, which has spent nearly $5 million to influence the outcome of Montana U.S. Senate race, stumped on behalf of Matt Rosendale in Montana Tuesday during a get-out-the-vote tour. 

Sen. Steve Daines Responds To Trump's Praise For Gianforte 'Body Slam'

By • Oct 19, 2018

President Donald Trump is sticking by remarks he made during last night’s campaign rally in Missoula praising Congressman Greg Gianforte for assaulting a reporter last year.

“Any guy that can do a body slam, he’s my kind of guy," Trump said. 

This earned Trump criticism amid international furor over the apparent assassination of a Washington Post columnist inside a Saudi Consultant in Istanbul two weeks ago.

A reporter asked Trump today if he regretted making those remarks in light of that allegation. In this audio clip courtesy of MSNBC Trump said:

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