Constitution Party on move
By MIKE DENNISON - IR State Bureau - 03/23/06
HELENA — A last-minute rush of filings this week by candidates from the conservative Constitution Party may end up benefiting someone else in the battle to control the Montana Legislature: Democrats.
Twenty-two Constitution Party candidates filed to run for the Legislature on Wednesday and Thursday, the last two days candidates could file to run for office in the 2006 elections.Many of those candidates filed in “swing’’ districts, where the race between the Democrat and Republican party candidates is expected to be close.Jim Farrell, executive director of the Montana Democratic Party, said Constitution Party candidates in those districts could peel away valuable votes that otherwise would go to Republicans.“Everywhere they run, we stand to win,’’ he said. “That splits the Republican vote.’’
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