“If the reservations want to say they are independent countries … but they want a lot of handouts, why are we counting their ballots?” said Drew Zinecker.
Becky Beard, a Republican from Elliston, said she resigned from the House of Representatives Tuesday and has yet to swear in to her new seat in the Senate.
Commissioners from Lewis and Clark and Powell counties selected state Rep. Becky Beard, R-Ellison, to succeed Sen. Terry Gauthier, R-Helena, for Senate District 40.
Rep. Becky Beard was selected to fill the vacancy left by Sen. Terry Gauthier in Senate District 40 by a joint board made up of commissioners from Lewis and Clark and Powell counties held Monday in Helena.