MTPR

Motl: Supreme Court decision will not impact MT elections much

By Dan Boyce • Apr 2, 2014

The U.S. Supreme Court has decided to let individuals give to as many political candidates and campaigns as they want.

The 5-4 vote Wednesday, led by the court’s conservative majority, frees up wealthy contributors to give more campaign donations ahead of the 2014 election.

It will have an immediate impact on Montana races for federal office, such as the US Senate and House of Representatives.

But, the state Commissioner of Political Practices says statewide elections will not be affected that much.

Tags: 
Jonathan Motl
McCutcheon Decision
U.S. Supreme Court
Citizens United
Steve Bullock
John Walsh
Steve Daines
Matthew Monforton
Mike Black
2014 elections

Related Content

Moderate Republicans touting virtues of “light money” PAC

By Dan Boyce • Mar 6, 2014
Montana BASE website

 A group of moderate Republicans who denounce anonymous campaign spending in elections say their Political Action Committee, or PAC, plays by the rules.

PACs have been the source of so-called dark money over the last few elections cycles, and a lot of that spending in Montana has been aimed at helping more conservative Republicans win primary campaigns.

The moderates say this time they’re fighting back--in a transparent way.

Judge fines “dark money” group more than $260,000

By Dan Boyce • Nov 27, 2013

American Tradition Partnership, one of the primary “dark money” groups operating in Montana the past few elections, has been fined more than $260,000 for illegal campaign activity. This even as the group may be quietly dissolving.

“Here, we have what appears to be a deliberate attempt to evade Montana’s campaign and reporting requirements,” District Judge Jeffrey Sherlock wrote in his Monday ruling.