Montana Republicans Spending Taxpayer Money To Avoid A Defeat -- The Huffington Post

Montana Republicans are demanding the state spend $750,000 it didn’t budget to avoid what the GOP sees as a potential political catastrophe: high voter turnout in an upcoming special election.

The state didn’t plan for spending on federal elections in 2017, and for good reason. Neither senator is running until 2018, and its lone House member, Ryan Zinke, seemed entrenched unless Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell taps him to challenge Democratic Sen. Jon Tester. President Donald Trump, however, named Zinke interior secretary, setting the stage for a May 25 special election to fill the House seat....
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