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Paul Van Valkenburg writes, "Six years later, she’s given away their private information, spent their money on self-promotion, and dodged the legislators trying to hold her accountable."

The main topic Thursday was the speakers’ – and the audience’s – frustration with the direction of the country.

U.S. Rep. Ryan Zinke’s decision not to seek another term in the House left an open race for the Republican nomination in Montana’s western congressional district.

Zinke, who serves on the House Appropriations Committee, said in his remaining time in Congress, he’s going to continue advocating for Montana projects in the federal budget.

Tony Hudson writes, "They forgot something important: in Montana, the people—not the political class—decide elections."

Bodnar is part of a wide field of candidates seeking to replace Republican U.S. Sen. Steve Daines, including three Republicans, five Democrats and two Libertarians.

Roger Koopman writes, "As Daines is proud to admit, this sly little maneuver had the intended effect of keeping every well-known Republican out of the primary and every well-known Democrat out of the general."

Democrats expressed a renewed optimism of adding seats in the Legislature and breaking the Republican hold on statewide offices after two incumbent Republicans bowed out of federal re-election races

Term limits are a part of Montana’s Constitution, but they yield to the U.S. Constitution — and the Supreme Court has spoken.

Jim Elliott writes, "I won’t be voting for Kurt, but my hope is that if he becomes our next US Senator that he will still be the same moral and ethical man I once knew and liked."