(Montana – KPAX) The Montana Democratic Party’s executive director has filed a campaign complaint against Attorney General Austin Knudsen, claiming he was improperly coordinating with his opponent in the Republican primary to allow him to raise more campaign funds.
Sheila Hogan submitted complaints last week to the Commissioner of Political Practices against Knudsen and the other candidate in this year’s GOP primary for attorney general, Logan Olson. In a response, Commissioner Chris Gallus said he had begun a review.
Olson is the county attorney for Daniels County, in northeastern Montana. He filed to run for attorney general on the last possible day. As of May 15, he had not reported raising or spending any money on his campaign.
Gallus gave Knudsen and Olson until Thursday, May 23, to provide a formal response to the complaints.
