Fox News calls Montana Senate Seat 1 for Tim Sheehy. Nov 6 • 6:28 AM ET AP calls Montana House District 1 for Ryan Zinke. Nov 6 • 1:02 AM ET AP calls Montana House District 2 for Troy Downing.

A House committee on Friday gave early approval to House Bill 207, which would double the number of signatures independent and minor-party candidates need to qualify for office. The bill would also shorten by 50 days the amount of time candidates had to gather signatures.

"This is nothing more than an effort to have biased judges who are going to align themselves with the Republican Party," one opponent said.

Opinion: Montana continues to be a producer of hydroelectric power. This time Montana has profited not from extraction, but from capturing nature’s recurring reserves.

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Opinion: For more than half a century since the adoption of the Montana Constitution, candidates for judicial office have run as nonpartisans. Senate Bill 42 would upend that practice.

"I can think of no better way of ending a career of public service than serving the Democratic Party and championing the values we hold dear," Hogan wrote.