Ousted GOP Lawmakers Will Seek Write-In Votes
Three Republican state legislators defeated in the June 3 primary election said Thursday that they were the victims of "last-minute, sleazy" campaign attacks and are launching write-in bids to reclaim their seats this fall.
Lange Pursues Write-In Candidacy
Republican state Rep. Michael Lange on Saturday threw another wrinkle into an already twisted U.S. Senate race in Montana, announcing that he will run as a write-in candidate...
Lange said if he wins the election, he'll make [Anton] Pearson his state director...
Another unsuccessful candidate in the U.S. Senate primary, Missoula accountant Patty Lovaas, said last week that she has distributed petitions in an effort to get 9,600 signatures of registered voters to quality as an independent candidate.
GOP Denies Kelleher a Convention Speech Slot
Bob Kelleher, the surprise Republican U.S. Senate nominee, won't be allowed to address the 400 delegates at the state GOP convention in Missoula this week, but he has been offered a side room for an hour to meet with anyone interested...
Kelleher learned of the decision from a reporter Wednesday after canceling a scheduled meeting with Iverson on Tuesday.
McCain Adds New GOP Convention Speaker
The campaign of Republican presidential hopeful John McCain says it is sticking with former U.S. Sen. Conrad Burns as its state chairman, following his comments last week that McCain was not his first choice.
Earlier Thursday, Montana GOP officials had said Burns was being replaced as the campaign's speaker at the state party convention this week in Missoula.
State GOP Chief Calls for Unity
On the eve of an expected floor fight over national convention delegates between backers of John McCain and Ron Paul, Montana Republican chairman Erik Iverson said Thursday that the GOP's philosophical diversity is good but that delegates must unite afterward.
That's a heck of a set of stories.
