Elections

The Missoula Current sent a candidate questionnaire to all City Council candidates ahead of the General Election in November. Below is the response from Ward 3 council candidate Gwen Jones.

The Missoula Current sent a candidate questionnaire to all City Council candidates ahead of the General Election in November. Below is the response from Ward 2 council candidate Sierra Farmer.

The Missoula Current sent a candidate questionnaire to all City Council candidates ahead of the General Election in November. Below is the response from Ward 2 council candidate Mirtha Becerra.

Montana Reps. Matt Rosendale and Ryan Zinke were among a monitory of House Republicans to vote against a stopgap spending measure that kept the government open.

Jim Wheelis writes, "We’re lucky to have her on the city council and fortunate that she wants another term. I’m lucky to have her as a neighbor. Someone like Gwen makes city government and neighborhoods work right."

Jim Elliott writes, "What keeps intruding on my thoughts are several people in power who have nothing to contribute to this great nation but their own egos, and those not in a good way."

While the Montana Legislature made several attempts to address the state's housing crisis and the cost of housing, another issue emerged shortly after – that being the state's large increase in the appraised value of properties and the increase in taxes some fear will come as a result.

Five candidates vying to finish the last two years of former Mayor John Engen's term gathered for the first time together at the Missoula Public Library on Monday night to answer questions ranging from housing to homelessness.

Over the past decade, the City of Missoula has taken the lead in Montana with local plans to address the climate crisis, including clean electricity, zero waste and eliminating tailpipe emissions from the city's fleet of vehicles.

The number of candidates running for a seat on the Missoula City Council this election season grew over the weekend, and with the filing period now closed, voters will have several choices in each of the city's six wards.