Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen has been elected to lead the national organization that advocates for electing Republican attorneys general.

The 2026 general election is just about a year away. The races for Montana’s U.S. Senate and House seats are taking shape. Three Montana Democrats join the race to challenge Sen. Daines. The U.S. House races feature veterans,

Split-ticket voting nationally peaked in the 1970s with about 30% of the electorate choosing candidates of different parties for president and Congress, Wilson said. But the number of split-ticket voters drops to 7.1% for Senate races by 2020 and 4% for U.S. House, according to Wilson.

State Sen. Saud Anwar explores possible remedies to dark money in politics fueled by Citizens United.