"I offended a lot of people that I shouldn't have offended," Max Johansen said following news of his resignation.

Shannon O’Brien defeated former state lawmaker Mike Jopek to become the new head of the Montana Democratic Party.

Montana Democrats elected new leaders over the weekend. Newer voices prevailed over stalwart members of the party.

On Wednesday at the State Capitol, election officials ran an analysis on new election technology to see if it could be used in Montana elections.

After the initial results came in Tuesday in Helena’s municipal primary, it appears two current city commissioners are set to compete to move up to the mayor’s job.

According to the final round of unofficial results in Missoula's mayoral primary, incumbent Andrea Davis and Shawn Knopp will move on to the November election.A

UPDATE: Helena voters have narrowly approved more than $280 million in bonds that school officials sought to build two new schools and restore another, according to results released just after midnight Wednesday.

Two Native American voters in the Chippewa Cree Tribe are suing Chouteau County for minimizing the impact of Native voters' voices in local elections. They say at-large elections prevent Native Americans in the county from getting a fair say in who represents them.