Eric Dietrich
![Where are the jobs? Why are wages so low? Montana’s economic landscape, visualized](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2018/11/montana-jobs-graphic.png?w=980&q=75)
Where are the jobs? Why are wages so low? Montana’s economic landscape, visualized
Spread out Montana’s 676,000 jobs evenly, like sprouts in a Kansas cornfield, and each worker would have 140 acres to plow. But the state’s economy, like its topography, isn’t particularly flat.
![Election 2018: An in-depth look at how Tester, Gianforte won re-election](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2018/11/Where-Tester-won-graphic.png?w=980&q=75)
Election 2018: An in-depth look at how Tester, Gianforte won re-election
Despite the Montana electorate’s reliably conservative political leanings, voters once again showed their independence at the ballot box on Nov. 6 when picking their representatives in Washington, D.C.
![Visualized: Incumbents show fundraising advantage in Montana congressional races](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2018/10/campaign-finance-congressional-candidates.png?w=980&q=75)
Visualized: Incumbents show fundraising advantage in Montana congressional races
With Montana’s 2018 campaign season into its final weeks, Sen. Jon Tester and Rep. Greg Gianforte, the two incumbents in the midterm election, have charted clear fundraising advantages over their respective challengers, State Auditor Matt Rosendale and former state legislator Kathleen Williams.