Roy Brown and Brian Schweitzer on Education

Billings Gazette – June 29, 2008 The Gazette invited Gov. Brian Schweitzer, a Democrat who is seeking re-election, and state Sen. Roy Brown of Billings, the GOP gubernatorial nominee, to address these education-funding questions: A few weeks ago, the Billings school board cut $2.2 million out of its K-8 budget after a proposed $817,000 levy [...]

Obscure political groups feed attack machine

Helena Independent Record – June 29, 2008 When Denton rancher Scott Seilstad challenged incumbent Republican state Rep. Ed Butcher in a primary contest this June, he had to tangle with something other than Butcher: Campaign mailers and money from a bevy of obscure political groups, bent on defeating him. Seilstad, a pro-life Republican who signed [...]

GOP candidate Brown releases 2007 income taxes

Helena Independent Record – June 28, 2008 Republican gubernatorial nominee Roy Brown and his wife, Kim, paid about $36,600 in federal and state income taxes on a federal adjusted gross income last year of about $206,600, returns released Friday show. Brown recently filed his 2007 federal and state taxes. He said in April he was [...]

GOP opposes dismissal of ethics case against Schweitzer

Helena Independent Record – June 27, 2008 The Montana Republican Party urged a hearings officer Thursday not to issue a summary judgment dismissing its ethics complaint against Democratic Gov. Brian Schweitzer over what it contends were illegal public service announcements. An attorney for the Republican Party, Lance Lovell of Billings, filed a brief Thursday opposing [...]

Property tax initiative doesn’t make ballot

Helena Independent Record – June 24, 2008 Backers have failed to gather enough signatures to put on the ballot proposed constitutional initiative to limit homeowner property-tax increases to 1.5 percent yearly. John McMenamin notified supporters of Constitutional Initiative 99 Friday that the measure missed qualifying for the ballot by more than 20,000 signatures. To qualify, [...]

Schweitzer Still Tops Brown in Money

Flathead Beacon – June 24, 2008 HELENA – New campaign finance reports show Gov. Brian Schweitzer is in front of challenger Roy Brown in the money race. Schweitzer, the incumbent Democrat, has more than $1.1 million in his campaign account. Brown has about $340,000. Read more

Malcolm to run as a write in candidate

Livingston Enterprise – 20 June 2008 It’s not over ’til it’s over. After his defeat to Joel Boniek in June’s Republican primary for Montana House of Representatives District 61, Bruce Malcolm has decided to run as an independent for the seat. “I started out to do a job in the Legislature, and I’m three quarters [...]

3 defeated GOP legislators to run as write-ins

The Missoulian – June 20, 2008 HELENA – A trio of Republican state legislators defeated in the June 3 primary election said Thursday they were the victims of “last-minute, sleazy” campaign attacks, and are launching write-in bids to reclaim their seats this fall. “I feel that I was beat by sleazy, untrue and probably immoral [...]

Montana Chamber endorses political candidates

Sydney Herald – June 18, 2008 The state’s leading business advocate has announced endorsements for many of the statewide offices up for election this November. The Montana Chamber of Commerce personally interviewed candidates and discussed endorsements for U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, governor, attorney general, state auditor, and secretary of state at its summer [...]

Juneau, Herman face off for superintendent; Libertarian also running

Helena Independent Record – June 18, 2008 Denise Juneau made it through a hard-fought, four-way Democratic primary, while Republican Elaine Sollie Herman ran unopposed for the Republican nomination for Montana’s state school superintendent. Now Juneau and Herman, joined by Libertarian Donald Eisenmenger, all of Helena, will face off in the November general election to be [...]