In a statement released on Thursday, October 11, Missoula Justice of the Peace Marie Andersen reiterated that the recent attacks on her are politically motivated, since they come so close to an election
Missoula County Sheriff T.J. McDermott has called many of the complaints filed against his reelection campaign by opponent Travis Wafstet ‘de minimis’, or ‘too trivial or minor to merit consideration, especially in law’.
Questions were raised this week about Montana Green Party Senate Candidate Tim Adams, and whether or not he was actually just a republican running to split votes away from Democrat Jon Tester.
The expenditures in Montana are thousands more than he gave in most states, but are far less than the $30,000 plus he spent in New York and California.
Many Montana voters were sick and tired of all the radio ads, mailbox flyers and phone calls by the end of the recent congressional special election, but some also experienced a new type of political advertising: text messages.
The Montana governor's race is still too close to call, Ryan Zinke easily defeated Denise Juneau for the U.S. House, and Republicans fared well over the rest of the statewide races.
The top two elected officials in Ravalli County, County Attorney Bill Fulbright, and Sheriff Chris Hoffman, have both condemned the latest radio ad produced in the Myers versus Langton for District Judge campaign.