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With current Commissioner Jeff Mangan meeting the end of his six-year term, Gianforte must appoint a new leader of the office that enforces state campaign finance, ethics and lobbying laws.
The field is wide open for Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte to select the next Commissioner of Political Practices after a Nomination Committee failed to find consensus Wednesday on five applicants.
Lawmakers on the Nomination Committee will meet Wednesday to interview five people who applied to be Montana’s next commissioner of political practices.