Campaign

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The latest Federal Election Commission fundraising reports show two Republican candidates for the U.S. House seat have made large personal loans to their campaign coffers.

The McCutcheon v. FEC decision by the Supreme Court this week means that large political donors will be able to spend their money on more candidates.

Two weeks ago, Senate candidate John Bohlinger announced on the Talk Back show that he may leave the Senate race if Lieutenant Governor John Walsh is appointed to fill the position by Governor Steve Bullock. Kate Cholewa is the spokesperson for the Dirk Adams for Senate campaign and she says Adams will not follow Bohlinger's footsteps.

The end of January marks the first filing deadline on which 2014 political candidates must record their collected campaign funds to the Federal Election Commission, but, so far, information from the John Walsh for Senate campaign is missing.

Although he hasn't been saying much on his own behalf, there is a lot of buzz that former Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer will run for Max Baucus' U.S. Senate seat.

I want to talk about the two main challenges that many small business owners face when beginning a direct mail campaign.

Will Denny Rehberg make a run at John Tester's U.S. Senate seat in 2012? We will likely know sooner than later. One thing we know now is that Franke Wilmer has announced that she's making a run at Rehberg's U.S. House seat in 2012.