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.

The split-ticket voters were decisive for Bullock, who won just 50.3% of the vote, enough to defeat Republican challenger Greg Gianforte by 16,000 votes. Gianforte won the governorship four years later in a race against Bullock’s lieutenant governor.

We are nearing the 16 th anniversary of the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling, and if you're upset with the modern state of politics, Citizens United is probably contributing to your frustration. Under a 5-4 ruling, the Court found that corporations and unions effectively have the rights of individual citizens in regard to campaign financing.

Montana Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen, the state’s top election official, says her office will use a federal database to step up efforts to check registered voters for U.S. citizenship.