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September 11, 2025

Montana Democrats will pick new leaders when they meet this weekend in Livingston.

The party’s three-term chair, Robin Driscoll , isn’t seeking reelection. Three candidates are vying for the chair, but delegates will first have to vote on a motion to immediately adjourn, an apparent attempt to avoid several proposed changes to party rules, said Jesse Mullen, the party’s 2024 candidate for secretary of state.

Mike Jopek, of Whitefish, who farms in the Flathead Valley and served four terms in the

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