By Keila Szpaller | Deputy Editor
“This feels more like showing up for the people in my life in a more personal way than it has in the past. Politics don’t really feel abstract to me. They never really have, but they definitely don’t right now.” — Voter Carly Dillis, at the polls in Missoula, on the way health care, and life in general, have become unaffordable for her and her friends.
Three will compete for a U.S. Senate seat
Former U.S. Attorney for Montana Kurt Alme, center, won the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate in Tuesday’s primary, as expected, and he’ll take on Alani Bankhead, left, who won the Democratic nomination, and independent candidate Seth Bodnar.
Flint wins Republican congressional primary
by Micah Drew
On Monday evening, President Donald Trump reupped his endorsement of Montanan Aaron Flint as his preferred choice for the state’s western U.S. House seat, and 24 hours later The Associated Press called the race for Flint. Flint has 52.6% of the early vote with approximately 37% of votes in at 8:45 p.m., leading Secretary of […]
Busse, Forstag in tight race among four-way Democratic primary matchup
by Micah Drew
A four-way contested primary among Democrats for Montana’s western U.S. House seat is yet to be decided, but former gubernatorial candidate Ryan Busse held a slight lead in early counting. As of 10:00 p.m., the Montana Secretary of State’s Office had reported 64% of ballots tabulated. Busse held a slim lead with 35.5% — 800 […]
~ Editor’s note: The Daily Montanan will continue to update stories on our website Wednesday as additional results become available. ~
MORE FROM MONTANA
Brian Miller won the Democratic primary Tuesday for the U.S. House seat in Montana’s eastern district, fending off a challenge from state Sen. Jonathan Windy Boy of Box Elder and Sam Lux of Great Falls.
Incumbent Public Service Commissioner Annie Bukacek was holding onto her seat by a thread in a three-way Republican primary in early returns on Tuesday. In another PSC district’s Republican primary, farmer and former legislator Jeff Pattison was leading state Sen. Jeremy Trebas. But much counting was still to be done.
A man sustained non-life-threatening injuries during a surprise encounter with a grizzly bear on Thursday, May 28, on the Grinnell Glacier Trail in Glacier National Park, the park said in a news release.
Montanans are seeking out news less than they used to and instead receiving it passively on social media, according to a new Greater Montana Foundation study. The survey found 33% of Montanans most often search out news that interests them, but 67% read or listen to news that is delivered to them.
Montana voters said they were going to the polls because life isn’t affordable. Some pointed to steep health care costs for basic needs. Others said the environment was drawing them to make their voice heard in the primary.
FROM OUR D.C. BUREAU
U.S. Senate Democrats, police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection and their legal advocates spoke out against the Trump administration’s proposed $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization” fund.
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin appeared before the U.S. Senate Appropriations Homeland Security panel and defended his threats to cripple international air travel into some cities led by Democrats.
THE HOOK
Here’s one for all y’all who lost yesterday and those of you who helped candidates who lost.
Maybe you had a “Bad Day” yesterday. Or today.
This 2005 song by Daniel Powter is dedicated to you. It made a Rolling Stone list of one-hit wonders, partly for being impressive with its ability to pull a person out of the doldrums.
“But ‘Bad Day’ is no wallow; yelling along with its insistent, sing-song chorus can force a grin out of even the saddest sack,” the story says.
So try it. Also, sometimes losing means paving the way.
Got a recommendation this week? [email protected], with promises your music maestro Darrell Ehrlick will return soon.
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