Four candidates to vie for HD4 seat
A handful of local candidates filed to run for various open seats in this year’s elections before the Monday, March 12 deadline.
Whitefish School Board Trustee Shannon Hanson filed Monday to run as a Democrat in Senate District 3, while Suzanne Brooks, of Whitefish, filed March 8 to run as a Republican in Senate District 2.
Republicans Tim Baldwin and Walter Keathley, both of Kalispell, each filed last week to run in House District 4. Democrats in the race are Whitefish residents Ed Lieser and Tom Muri.
Here are all local and state candidates:
• House District 4 includes urban Whitefish.
Republicans: Tim Baldwin, Kalispell; Walter Keathley, Kalispell.
Democrats: Ed Lieser, Whitefish; Tom Muri, Whitefish.
• House District 6, includes Big Mountain, Iron Horse and much of Whitefish Lake.
Republican: Carl Glimm, Kila.
Democrat: Brenda Talbert, Kalispell.
• Senate District 2, includes House Districts 3 and 4, and urban areas of Columbia Falls and Whitefish. Incumbent Sen. Ryan Zinke, R-Whitefish, is running for lieutenant governor.
Republicans: Dee Brown, Coram; Rep. Bill Beck, Whitefish; and Suzanne Brooks, Whitefish.
Democrat: Dave Fern, Whitefish.
• Senate District 3, includes House District 6 and 5, and stretches from the Hungry Horse Reservoir west to McGregor Lake, and from Olney south to Lake Blaine. The district includes Big Mountain, Iron Horse and much of Whitefish Lake.
Republicans: Incumbent Sen. Bruce Tutvedt, Kalispell; Rollan Roberts II, Whitefish; and Jayson Peters, Lakeside.
Democrat: Shannon Hanson, Whitefish.
• Flathead County Commissioner, Dale Lauman is not running for re-election.
Republicans: Gary Krueger, Terry Kramer, Mike Schlegel, Bob Herron and Gerald Scott, all of Kalispell.
Democrat: Clara Mears-LaChappelle, Kalispell.
• Flathead County District Court judges
Department 1: Incumbent Judge Ted Lympus.
Department 2: Robert Allison, Bruce Fredrickson and Daniel Wilson
Department 3: Vanessa Ceravolo and Heidi Ulbricht.
• Flathead County Clerk of District Court
Republican: Incumbent Peg Allison, Kila.
• U.S. Senate:
Democrat: Incumbent Sen. Jon Tester
Republicans: Rep. Denny Rehberg and Dennis Teske, Terry
Libertarians: Jerry McConnell, Missoula; and Dan Cox, Hamilton.
• U.S. House
Republicans: Eric Brosten and Steve Daines, Helena; and Vincent Melkus, Hardin.
Democrats: Kim Gillan, Billings; Dave Strohmaier, Missoula; Robert Stutz, Helena; Jason Ward, Hardin; Diane Smith, Whitefish; Sam Rankin, Billings; and Franke Wilmer, Bozeman
Libertarian: David Kaiser, Victor.
• Governor and lieutenant governor
Republicans: Rick Hill, Helena, with Jon Sonju, of Kalispell; Jim Lynch, Kalispell, with Al Olszewski; Neil Livingstone, Helena, with Ryan Zinke, Whitefish; Ken Miller, Laurel, with Bill Gallagher, Helena; Corey Stapleton, Billings, with Bob Keenan, Bigfork; James O’Hara, Fort Benton, with Scott Swingley, Helena.
Democrats: Montana Attorney General Steve Bullock with Brig. Gen. John Walsh, Helena; and Heather Margolis, Helena, with Steve Nelsen.
Libertarian: Ron Vandevender, Cascade, with Marc Mulcahy.
• Montana Secretary of State
Democrat: Incumbent Linda McCulloch
Republicans: Scott Aspenlieder, Brad Johnson and Drew Turiano, Helena, and Pat Lovaas, Missoula;
Libertarian: Roger Roots, Livingston.
• Montana Attorney General
Democrats: Pam Bucy and Jesse Laslovich, Helena.
Republicans: Jim Shockley, Victor, Tim Fox, Helena.
• Montana State Auditor
Democrat: Incumbent Monica Lindeen.
Republican: Rep. Derek Skees, Kalispell.
• Montana Superintendent of Public Instruction
Democrat: Incumbent Denise Juneau
Republican: Sandy Welch, Helena, formerly of Martin City.
• Montana Supreme Court
Justice No. 5: Elizabeth Best, Cascade, Laurie McKinnon, Choteau, and Ed Sheehy, Missoula; Justice No. 6: Incumbent Brian Morris and Hertha Lund, Bozeman.
• Clerk of the Supreme Court
Democrat: Incumbent Ed Smith.