WASHINGTON, May 11 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee issued the following news release: "CANDIDATE QUALITY" PROBLEMS -> This week, the Associated Press added to the wave of reports detailing how Senate Republicans "elevat[ed] untested candidates who might not be prepared." Read more: * In Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, GOP Senate candidates are being pressed on whether they live in the state. In Montana, the party's Senate candidate recently admitted lying about the circumstances of  more

HELENA, Montana, May 9 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on May 8, 2024: Governor Greg Gianforte today joined local, state, tribal, and federal agency administrators, and fire management officers for the 2024 Fire Season Briefing and called for greater collaboration from the federal government on active forest management. "We know it takes all hands on deck to suppress fires and minimize their impact on families, homes, and property," Gov. Gianforte said. "To  more

HELENA, Montana, May 8 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on May 6, 2024: Today, Governor Greg Gianforte encouraged Montana students in grades 3 to 12 to participate in America's Field Trip, a nationwide scholastic contest designed to engage youth in commemorating the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. "Montanans are proud to be American, and it is important for us to instill this patriotic spirit in the next generation," Gov.  more

HELENA, Montana, May 10 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Gianforte this week highlighted apprenticeship opportunities in Montana, visiting with Dick Anderson Construction apprentices in Helena and at the Highlands College pre-apprenticeship program in Butte. "Promoting and increasing access to apprenticeship opportunities and trades education empowers Montanans and ensures employers have a highly-skilled workforce," Gov. Gianforte said. "Monta  more

HELENA, Montana, May 9 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: Today, Governor Greg Gianforte proclaimed the month of May Jewish-American Heritage Month in Montana. "Now, more than ever, it's important we stand in solidarity with our Jewish brothers and sisters as Jewish people around the world face unspeakable persecution, including harassment from antisemitic and pro-Hamas protesters," Gov. Gianforte said. "This month, and every month, we celebrat  more

HELENA, Montana, May 7 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release: New reporting from the AP highlights how Tim Sheehy is an "untested" candidate who isn't "prepared for the scrutiny" following groundbreaking news that Sheehy lied about the circumstances of a gunshot wound he received. Sheehy has given multiple accounts about a gunshot wound that records say were a result of him shooting himself in the arm in a parking lot in Glacier National Park in 2015. Sheehy said on  more

HELENA, Montana, May 9 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release: Tim Sheehy refused to comment after new reporting from Axios revealed his deputy political director's antisemitic social media activity. Today, Axios reported that Caleb Oriet, who the Sheehy campaign claimed was a "young field staffer" but identified himself as Sheehy's deputy political director, had liked antisemitic content, including a post that said "Don't follow me for my cute cat posting if you can  more

HELENA, Montana, May 10 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release: The Montana Association of Rabbis penned a new op-ed urging Tim Sheehy to "reject hatred, antisemitism, and bigotry" after Sheehy ran an antisemitic ad that "invokes very old, false conspiracy theories about Jewish people" and his deputy political director engaged with antisemitic social media posts, including about Holocaust denial. The Montana Association of Rabbis called on Sheehy "to immediately disc  more

HELENA, Montana, May 9 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release: Members of the Republican supermajority in the Montana Legislature called for three special sessions over the last few days. None of these sessions will address one of the top issues facing Montanans statewide: the state's record-high property taxes. Instead, Legislative Republicans are calling for special sessions that will burn through taxpayer dollars so they can continue to attack and undermine the Mo  more

HELENA, Montana, May 11 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release: A pro-Tim Sheehy group currently blasting the Montana airwaves with misleading TV ads raked in dark money from a shell company that violated campaign finance law, per a new FEC complaint filed by the Campaign Legal Center. Ardleigh Impact, the shell company, may have "unlawfully directed almost $2.6 million to half a dozen political action committees" in a "straw donor" scheme, including to More Jobs, Le  more

HELENA, Montana, May 7 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release: New reporting from NBC News reveals Transplant Tim Sheehy refused to provide Montanans public access to his recently-purchased "prime elk-hunting" land - but was willing to charge rich tourists $12,500 for luxury hunting excursions that promised "private access to over 500,000 acres of National Forest." Sheehy's ranch also refuses to participate in Montana's popular Block Management Program, "a program ru  more

HELENA, Montana, May 8 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release: One month after the Washington Post first reported Tim Sheehy's inconsistent accounts of how he received his gunshot wound, Sheehy still refuses to release the hospital medical records from that day that would reveal the truth of what happened. Sheehy said repeatedly on the campaign trail that he had a bullet in his arm from his service in Afghanistan. But records show that Sheehy accidentally shot himsel  more

HELENA, Montana, May 11 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release: Transplant Tim Sheehy continues to prove how out-of-touch he is with the Montana way of life. New reporting uncovered that Sheehy charged rich tourists $12,500 for luxury hunting excursions on his recently-purchased "prime elk-hunting" land, while refusing to participate in Montana's popular Block Management Program that would allow Montanans access. And the Montana Association of Rabbis called on Sheehy  more

HELENA, Montana, May 9 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release: Despite his best efforts to hide his position, Transplant Tim Sheehy can't run away from the fact that he's publicly called for transferring Montana's public lands, which would make it much easier for public lands to be sold to out-of-state multimillionaires like him. Recent polling reported on by the Daily Montanan shows that "Montana voters are increasingly valuing and prioritizing our public lands at t  more