Thursday, November 6, 2008
Scenes from Election Night in Helena
CNS photographer JEREK WOLCOTT covered the thrill and agony of election night at Democratic and Republican gatherings in Helena. For a better view of of the photos and capitions, click on the "View All Images" button above.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Democrats Poised to Sweep State Offices
W
ith Gov. Brian Schweiter leading the way, Democrats were on the verge early this morning of sweeping all of the state offices on yesterday's ballot.As expected, U.S. Sen. Max Baucus, a Democrat, and U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg, a Republican, won their re-elections races easily but races for state offices were harder-fought affairs.
Incumbent Republican Secretary of State Brad Johnson was trailing his Democratic opponent Linda McCulloch in a close race, but other Democrats were winning by convincing margins.
Democrat Steve Bullock defeated Republican Tim Fox in the attorney general's race, which featured some of the most negative TV adds of the campaign.
In the state auditor's race, former legislator Monica Lindeen, a Democrat, held a commanding margin over Republican Duane Grimes, another former legislator.
Democrat Denise Juneau defeated Republican Elaine Sollie Herman in the race for superintendent of public instruction.
In the nonpartisan race for chief justice of the Montana Supreme Court, Attorney General Mike McGrath won a lopsided race against challenger Ron Waterman of Helena.
Montanans also voted on a trio of ballot issues. They approved a renewal of the six-mill property tax levy to fund higher education and voted to expand health care coverage for Montana children under the CHIPs program. They rejected a proposal to allow the state to invest more of its trust fund revenue in the stock market.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Montana Democrats Celebrate Victories
Blue Night for Republicans
Schweitzer Wins a Second Term
Saturday, November 1, 2008
"The Unlikely Candidates": Mike Fellows
This video story was produced for Montana Journal, a production of Radio-TV students at the University of Montana's School of Journalism.
"The Unlikely Candidates": Stan Jones
This video story was produced for Montana Journal, a production of Radio-TV students at the University of Montana's School of Journalism.