2014 Montana judicial elections

The 2014 Montana judicial elections featured two supreme court races, as well as several trial court races.

Elections in Montana

Supreme Court (Rice seat)

Incumbent Justice James Rice was challenged by W. David Herbert, an attorney.

Supreme Court (Wheat seat)

Incumbent Justice Michael E. Wheat was challenged by Lawrence VanDyke, solicitor general of Montana.

Election Mail Controversy

Researchers at Stanford University and Dartmouth College sent election mailers to voters in Montana labeled the "2014 Montana General Election Voter Information Guide." The mailers contained the Montana state seal, and rated how liberal or conservative the four nonpartisan candidates are in the Supreme Court race. Secretary of State Linda McCulloch charged that the mailers were deceitful because they used the state seal without her office's authorization, and made it appear as if the mailers were authorized by her office.[1]

gollark: Authorities rarely tend to be very technically competent.
gollark: I mean, you could just have rocks sometimes do magic too.
gollark: Do you have a higher resolution version?
gollark: No idea. I was mostly referring to the actual image.
gollark: Kind of tempted to pointlessly write a blog post on it, since I brought my website back up this weekend.

References
  1. Volz, Matt (24 October 2014). "Stanford apologizes for Montana election mailers". Great Falls Tribune. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
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