Buttigieg speaks on Montana Plan, hosts town hall in Butte

By: Jordan Hansen

Outlets: Daily Montanan

Published: May 18, 2026

Words: 878

Last Updated: 2 months ago

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BUTTE — Former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg was greeted by more than 1,000 people on Sunday, speaking to an energetic crowd in The Mother Lode Theatre about getting corporate money out of politics.

Organizers and advocates in Montana are pushing for a citizen’s statutory initiative I-194, the Montana Plan, which seeks to remove corporate spending from politics. The Transparent Election Initiative, a nonprofit organization led by former Montana Commissioner of Political Practices Jeff Mangan, …

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