Primaries coming up on Tuesday

Bigfork Eagle

Voters will have an opportunity to cast their ballots in Montana's primary elections on Tuesday, June 3. The two Bigfork area polling paces are Bethany Luthern Church and Swan River School.

The church is for voters registered in precinct 38 and the school for those in precinct 42.

Voters on the Lake County side of the line can vote at the Ferndale Sewing Club in Ferndale, the Bear Dance Clubhouse in Woods Bay and the State Forest Headquarters at Goat Creek Ranger Station near Swan Lake.

Polling places are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

The primaries will include races for the Republican nominee for Flathead County Commissioner, State Senators and Reprsentatives, Governor and Lt. Governor, U.S. Senate and House as well as U.S. President.

In the lengthy battle for the Democratic nominee for President, Montana finds itself in an unusual position of national prominence and both major candidates, Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama, have both made stops in the state recently.

Clinton was in Pablo on May 27, and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, visited Kalispell two weeks ago.

Obama and Hillary Clinton have both visited Missoula recently also.

Montana's primary, along with South Dakota, is the last in the nation.