Montana Commissioner of Political Practices records,

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1 Montana Commissioner of Political Practices records, Overview of the Collection Creator Montana. Commissioner of Political Practices. Title Montana Commissioner of Political Practices records Dates (inclusive) Quantity 3.75 linear feet of shelf space Collection Number RS 260 Summary These Montana Commissioner of Political Practices records ( ) consist of general correspondence; and reports submitted to the commissioner by political candidates running for local, state, and federal office and related fund-raising organizations. Repository Montana Historical Society, Research Center Archives Montana Historical Society Research Center Archives 225 North Roberts PO Box Helena MT Telephone: Fax: Access Restrictions Collection is open for research. Languages Sponsor English Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Historical Note The 1975 Montana legislature created the position Commissioner of Campaign Finances and Practices. The commissioner was appointed for a five-year term by a committee composed of the speaker of the House, the president of the Senate, and the minority floor leaders of both houses of the legislature. In 1979 the governor assumed the duty of appointing the commissioner, whose term was lengthened to six years, from a list of candidates prepared by the legislative committee. The incumbent is responsible for the investigation of all alleged violations of the election laws and, in conjunction with county attorneys, responsible for the enforcement of the election laws. The commissioner examines each statement and report filed with the commissioner, notably the reports of every political candidate and political organization listing receipts and expenditures to ensure compliance with election laws. The commissioner also approves issuance of certificates of nomination or election after ensuring candidates' compliance with election laws. In 1981 the name of the position was changed to the Montana Commissioner of Political Practices. 1

2 Content Description This collection consists of general correspondence ( ) of the commissioner's office and reports ( ) submitted to the commissioner by political candidates running for local, state, and federal office and related fund-raising organizations. The correspondence concerns directions for completing forms properly, and clarification of the Commission's requirements, procedures, and policies. It includes minutes of an advisory council formed in 1975 of representatives of political organizations to counsel the commissioner of Campaign Finances and Practices; a few news releases of the commissioner; and a list of expenditures and receipts of candidates for state offices in the general election and political committees supporting or opposing initiatives on the ballot in November The bulk of the reports submitted by candidates for state and local offices relate to the 1976 primary and general elections and are form C-5, "Report of Contributions and Expenditures"; form C-6, "Contributions after Pre-Election", which provided public disclosure of the source of large campaign contributions received immediately before an election; and the attendant schedules to both of these forms detailing the source and amount of each expenditure and receipt of funds. The candidates' reports are arranged alphabetically by the candidates' last names. A publication of the commissioner of Campaign Finances and Practices, "Summary of Contributions and Expenditures of Candidates and Political Committees, June 1976 Primary Elections" provides an alphabetical list of all candidates' names, identifies their party affiliation, and identifies the Senate, House, or court district in which they ran. Filed with the reports of the candidates are the reports of political committees directly involved with the election of a particular candidate, such as the "Severson for Legislature" committee. The reports of the political committees are also arranged alphabetically and consist largely of the county central committees and women's clubs of the Democratic and Republican parties. Also included are committees organized around specific issues, such as the Airport Terminal Information Committee, and committees with broader interests, such as the Montana State AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education. As 1976 was the year that Montana communities voted upon alternative forms of government proposed by local government commissions, the reports of political committees formed to support and oppose these proposals are also included in these files. The bulk of the reports submitted by candidates for federal offices are "Reports of receipts and expenditures for a candidate or committee supporting candidates for nomination or election to federal office". Also included are "Statement(s) of a candidate for nomination or election to federal office," "Statement(s) of organization for a political committee," and a small amount of related correspondence. Use of the Collection Restrictions on Use The Montana Historical Society is the owner of the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from the Research Library before any reproduction use. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners. Preferred Citation 2

3 item description and date. Collection Title. Collection Number. Box and Folder numbers. Montana Historical Society Research Center, Archives, Helena, Montana. Administrative Information Arrangement The collection is arranged by subgroup and then by series. Location of Collection 32:4-1 Acquisition Information Acquisition information available upon request Related Materials Later records are in several unprocessed accessions. Contact Archives for more information on these accessions. Detailed Description of the Collection Commissioner of Political Practices, Container(s) Description Dates General Correspondence Box/Folder 1 / 1-3 Chronological correspondence Candidates for State and Local Offices and Supporting Political Organizations, Container(s) Description Dates Reports Box/Folder 1 / 4 Aa-Bab (includes David Aageson, Torlief S. Aasheim, Lee W. Adsit, Edward W. Agre, Nat Allen, Edward F. Anderson, 3

4 Howard C. Anderson, John H. Anderson, John S. Anderson, Martina Arnoux, George T. Asay, Michael R. Atragchi, Betty L. Babcock) 1 / 5 Bad-Bes (includes John Badgley, Russell Baeth, William R. Baeth, Francis Bardanouve, Arnold E. Barnett, Fred O. Barrett, J. Vaughan Barron, Jacob D. Beck, William R. Beede, John F. Bell, Marvin F. Bell, Esther Bengston, Gordon R. Bennett, Verner L. Bertelson, Paul Bessler) 1 / 6 Bet-Bry (includes Robert L. Bethke, Frank E. Blair, Robert J. Boyd, Dorothy M. Bradley, Dorothy Strong Bradley, Joe Brand, Michael D. Brockie, Ann Brown, Bob Brown, E. Gardner Brownlee, Dale Bryson) 1 / 7 Bue-Cod (includes Richard Buehler, Daphne Bugbee, Roy E. Burditt, James H. Burnett, Barbara Byrd, Dan W. Carpita, Charles C. Carrico, Wesley Castles, John Cefro, Gene Cetrone, Thomas E. Christie, Faye Hanson Christofferson, Carl J. Clavadetsher, Judge Coates, William H. Coder) 1 / 8 Col-El (includes Gary L. Coburn, Ellsworth Collins, Christopher Colvin, Max Conover, Tom Conroy, Mike Cooney, James R. Courtney, Elizabeth E. Cox, Henry S. Cox, Rulon F. Crosby, Aubyn A. Curtiss, C. C. Custer, Robert A. Ellerd, Howard L. Ellis) 1 / 9 Et-Schn (includes Mark Etchart, Fillner, Gene Frates, Robert Glennen, Hal Harper, Dan W. Harrington, Hemstad, Greg Jergeson, Ernest Kummerfeldt, Neil J. Lynch, William Menahan, Tom O'Brien, Helen G. O'Connell, Jesse O'Hara, Warren O'Keefe, Arnold Olsen, E. V. "Sonny" Omholt, William J. Orsello, Paul G. Pistoria, Ramirez, Don Scanlin, David V. Scheeler, Thomas J. Schneider, ) 1 / 10 Schr-Sk (includes Kim L. Schreiner, John P. Scully, Carl A. Seifert, Elmer D. Severson, Daniel J. Shea, Arthur H. Shelden, William E. Shull, Robert Sivertsen, Donald "Jim" Skinner) 1 / 11 Sm-Wy (includes Carl M. Smith, Richard G. Smith, Carroll V. South, Patrick M. Springer, John B. Staigmiller, Chris H. Stobie, John Vincent, Orren Vinger, Steve Waldron, J. Melvin Williams, Sam Wolfe, Harold A. Wyrick) / 12 Ai-Cit (includes Airport Terminal Information Committee, Anaconda Firefighters Local 436, Annual Sessions Committee, Big Horn County Republican Central Committee, Billings 4

5 Chamber of Commerce, Blaine County Democratic Central Committee, Broadwater County Republican Central Committee, Butte Athletic Council, Carpenters Local 1172, Cascade County Citizens for Multi Purpose Center Committee, Cascade County Democratic Central Committee, Central Montana Electric G. and T. Cooperative, Central Montanans for Annual Sessions, Chouteau County Democratic Central Committee, Chouteau County Republican Central Committee, Citizens Against Consolidation, Citizens for Charter Passage) 1 / 13 Cit-Dan (includes Citizens for Existing Form of City Government, Citizens for Property Tax Relief, Citizens for Public Awareness, citizens for the County Charter, Citizens for the New Charter, Citizens for Unification, Citizens' Vocational Advisory Committee, Committee for Local Control of Taxation, Committee of Three to Keep You Free, Concerned Citizens Association, Concerned Citizens of Race Track Fire District, Custer County Democratic Central Committee, Custer County Republican Central Committee, Cut Bank Gas Company, Daniels County Democratic Women's Club, Daniels County Republican Women's Club) 1 / 14 Daw-Gar (includes Dawson County Democratic Central Committee, Dawson County Democratic Women's Club, Democratic Study Group, Educational Planning Committee, Fergus County Democratic Central Committee, Fergus County Republican Central Committee, Flathead County Democratic Central Committee, Flathead County Republican Central Committee, Flathead Electric Cooperative, Friends of the Gallatin Libraries, Gallatin County Democratic Central Committee, Gallatin County Democratic Women's Club, Gallatin Women's Political Caucus, Garfield County Democratic Central Committee) 1 / 15 Gol-Kee (includes Golden Valley County Republican Central Committee, Golden Valley County Republican Women's Club, Granite County Democratic Central Committee, Granite County Republican Central Committee, Great Falls Political Action Committee for Education, Helena Women's Political Caucus, Helena Republican Women's Club, Hill County Democratic Central Committee, Hill County Democratic Women's Club, I. E. E. E. Montana Section, I. F. G. Leasing Company, Independent Americans, Independent Concerned Citizens for Existing Form of County Government, Indian Campaign Workers Association, Insurers of Montana Political Action Committee, Jefferson County Democratic Central Committee, Judith Basin County Democratic Central Committee, Judith Basin County

6 Republican Central Committee, Keep Billings Schools Superior Committee) 1 / 16 La-Me (includes Lake County Democratic Central Committee, Lake County Republican Central Committee, League of Women Voters of Missoula, Legislative Campaign Committee, Lewis and Clark County Democratic Central Committee, Lewis and Clark County Republican Central Committee, Lewis and Clark Republican Women's Club, Liberty County Democratic Women's Club, Liberty County Republican Central Committee, Lincoln County Republican Women's Club, McCone County Democratic Central Committee, McCone County Republican Central Committee, McCone County Republican Women's Club, McCone Electric Cooperative, Meagher County Republican Women) 1 / 17 Mi-Mo (includes Missoula County Democratic Central Committee, Missoula County Republican Central Committee, Missoula County Republican Women, Missoula Women's Political Caucus, MONCAR, Montana Action Committee for Rural Electrification, Montana Agricultural Political Action Committee, Montana Associated Utilities, Montana Democratic State Central Committee, Montana Friends of Libraries) 1 / 18 Mo (includes Montana Nursing Home Political Action Committee, Montana Patriots, Montana Power Company, Montana Society of Engineers, Montana State AFL-CIO Committee on Political Action, Montana Transportation Political Education League, Montana Women's Political Caucus, Montanans Against 71 Committee, (a.k.a. Citizens Opposed to the Nuclear Ban), Montanans for an Honest Governor Club, Montanans for Safe Power, Montanans for 71) 1 / 19 Mo-Po (includes Mont-PAC Political Action Fund, MontPIRG, Mountain States Tel and Tel, Musselshell County Democratic Central Committee, Park County Democratic Central Committee, Park County Democratic Women's Club, Park County Republican Central Committee, Parker Bros. Farms, People for Present Government Club, Phillips County Democratic Women's Club, Political Action Council of Montana (PAC-MONT), Pondera County Democratic Women's Club, Pondera Democratic Central Committee, Powder River Republican Central Committee) 1 / 20 Pr-Ro (includes Prairie County Democratic Women's Club, Prairie County Republican Central Committee, Professionals Political Action Council, Publishers Montana Citizen, Ravalli County Democratic Central Committee, Ravalli County 6

7 Democratic Women's Club, Ravalli County Republican Central Committee, Richland County Democratic Central Committee, Roosevelt County Democratic Central Committee, Roosevelt County Democratic Club, Roosevelt County Republican Central Committee, Rosebud County Citizens for Better Justice, Rosebud County Republican Central Committee) 1 / 21 S (includes Sanders County Republican Central Committee, Save Great Falls Club, Sheridan County Democratic Central Committee, Sheridan County Democratic Women's Club, Sheridan County Republican Central Committee, Sheridan Electric Co-op, Silver Bow County Democratic Central Committee, Silver Bow County Republican Central Committee, Silver Bow County Young Democrats, Silver Bow Republican Women's Club, Stillwater County Democratic Central Committee, Stillwater County Republican Central Committee, Stillwater County Republican Women's Club, Sweet Grass County Republican Central Committee, Sweet Grass County Republican Women's Club) 1 / 22 T-Y (includes Teton County Democratic Central Committee, Toole County Democratic Central Committee, Toole County Republican Central Committee, Toole County Republican Women's Club, Valley County Democratic Central Committee, Valley County Democratic Women's Club, Vigilante Electric Co-op, Western Environmental Trade Association, Wolf Point- Poplar Democratic Women's Club, Women's Republican Club of Prairie County, Yellowstone County Democratic Central Committee, Yellowstone County Republican Central Committee, Yellowstone County Republican Women's Club) Candidates for Federal Offices and Supporting Political Organizations, Container(s) Description Dates Reports Box/Folder 2 / 1-7 Max S. Baucus, Democrat, U. S. House of Representatives / 8 John W. Bartlett, Democrat, U. S. House of Representatives / 9 Dorothy M. Bradley, Democrat, U. S. House of Representatives

8 2 / 10 Robert Brown, Republican, U. S. House of Representatives / Stan Burger, Republican, U. S. Senate / 16 Jerome J. Cate, Democrat, U.S. House of Representatives 2 / 17 John J. Cavin, Republican, U.S. House of Representatives / 18 Math J. Dasinger, U.S. House of Representatives / William D. Diehl, Republican, U.S. House of Representatives 2 / 21 John B. Driscoll, Democrat, U.S. Senate / 22 Dave Drum, Republican, U.S. Senate / 23 Ken Dunham, Republican, U.S. Senate / 24 Richard L. Fox, Republican, U.S. House of Representatives / 25 Dick Forester, Republican, U.S. House of Representatives / 26 Larry L. Gilbert, Republican, U.S. Senate / 27 Ray E. Gulick, Republican, U.S. Senate / 28 Paul G. Hatfield, Democrat, U.S. Senate / 29 Henry S. Hibbard, Republican, U.S. Senate / 30 James A. Howard, Democrat, U. S. House of Representatives / 31 Tippy Huntley, Republican, U.S. House of Representatives / 32 Bruce C. Jacobsen, Republican, U.S. House of Representatives / 33 Clyde Jarvis, Democrat, U. S. House of Representatives / 1 Gary N. Kimble, Democrat, U. S. House of Representatives / 2 Sam L. Kitzenberg, Republican, U. S. House of Representatives

9 3 / 3 John D. Lynch, Democrat, U. S. House of Representatives / 4 John K. McDonald, Republican, U. S. Senate / 5 D. Patrick McKittrick, Democrat, U. S. House of Representatives 3 / 6-9 Ron Marlenee, Republican, U. S. House of Representatives / John Melcher, Democrat, U. S. House of Representatives / 12 Lee Metcalf, Democrat, U. S. Senate / 13 Harriet Miller, Democrat, U. S. House of Representatives / 14 Thomas G. Monahan, Democrat, U. S. House of Representatives / 15 Arnold Olsen, Democrat, U. S. House of Representatives / 16 William Osborne, Republican, U. S. Senate / 17 Clarence E. Rich, Republican, U. S. Senate / 18 Art Sakaye, Democrat, U. S. House of Representatives / 19 Richard G. Shoup, Republican, U. S. House of Representatives / 20 Stephen J. Shugrue, Democrat, U. S. Senate / 21 Kay Thompson, Republican, U. S. House of Representatives / 22 John F. Tierney, U. S. Senate / 23 Tom Towe, Democrat, U. S. House of Representatives / 24 George F. Turman, Democrat, U. S. House of Representatives / 25 Harold E. Wallace, Republican, U. S. House of Representatives / James D. Waltermire, Republican, U. S. House of Representatives

10 3 / 29 Norman C. Wheeler, Republican, U. S. House of Representatives / Pat Williams, Democrat, U. S. House of Representatives / 32 Anaconda Concerned Citizens Fund 4 / 1 A-B (includes ASARCO Employees Political Action Committee, Atlantic Richfield Company Concerned Citizens, Burlington Northern Employees Voluntary Good Government Fund) 4 / 2-3 Citizens for Responsible Government (Montana Power Company) 4 / 4 D (includes Dallas Energy Political Action Committee, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democrat Republican Independent Voter Education Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, D. C. Montana Committee) 4 / 5 F-M (includes First Bank System Montana Good Government Committee, Kennedy '80 Committee Montana, Montana BANKPAC-Federal) / 6-7 Montana Democratic State Central Committee / 8 M (includes Montana Dental Political Action Committee, Montana Good Government Committee, Montana Medical Political Action Committee) / 1-3 Montana Republican State Central Committee / 4 M-P (includes Montana State AFL-CIO, Mountain Bell Employee Active Citizenship Program, Professionals Political Action Council) 5 / 4 S-W (includes Silver Bow Republican Women's Club, Western Intermountain Network Political Action Committee) Names and Subjects Subject Terms : Elections--Campaign finance--montana. 10

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