A poll released Friday in the Montana U.S. Senate race shows Gov. Steve Bullock, a Democrat, within three points of incumbent Sen. Steve Daines, a Republican.
According to the Missoula Current, the Montana Secretary of State’s Office reported that close to 400,000 mail-in ballots already have been returned with less than a week before the Nov. 3 election. That could be more than half the ballots that will be cast in the election, depending on turnout, the story reported.
Montana State University is moving up the start of the fall semester by two weeks to limit the spread of COVID-19, the Bozeman Daily Chronicle reported. Fall classes will start Aug. 17 and will end Nov. 25.