In several red states this election cycle, independents are fielding highly competitive campaigns at a historic rate. U.S. Senate nominee Seth Bodnar (I-MT) is one of those candidates, and he joins Antonia Hylton to discuss how a possible re-escalation of war in Iran would affect Montanans and,

As they look to win the Senate, Democrats are hoping that independent candidates in Nebraska and Montana can help them topple Republicans in a part of the country where their own brand is hurting.

Pete Buttigieg chose to endorse independent Seth Bodnar over the Democratic Senate nominee, Alani Bankhead. Bodnar says he will not caucus with Democrats if he wins.

Aaron Flint will have seen support from the top three Republicans in the country by this time next week, while Democrat Sam Forstag gains ground in the polls.

In recent years, the Legislature has put more hurdles ahead of citizens who propose new laws or constitutional amendments. Proponents say CI-133 would protect that process from meddling.

Aaron Flint, Republican candidate for Montana's western congressional district, speaks during a luncheon at the Gallatin County Fairgrounds in Bozeman on Oct. 20.

Trump in Kalispell? Count me in.When the announcement was made that the president would be visiting my hometown on Oct. 14 in support of Aaron Flint’s campaign to replace Ryan Zinke as the congressman from Montana District 1, there was no doubt I would be there.After all, I had been one of Donald Trump’s earliest supporters, writing a column lauding his uncanny political skills in the Daily Inter Lake in August 2015, just six weeks after he...

Initiative 194 would bar corporations, unions, other 'dark money' sources from political spending * Versions of the Montana measure are active or under consideration in some 32 states, organizers