Whitefish councilor beats state GOP Chairman Art Wittich for precinct committee seat

By: Keila Szpaller

Outlets: Daily Montanan

Published: June 5, 2026

Words: 506

Last Updated: 6 days, 9 hours ago


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When Giuseppe “GMan” Caltabiano put his name in the hat for Republican precinct “committee man” in Flathead County, he figured he’d be running unopposed.

Those officers elect party leaders and vote at county GOP conventions for delegates to the state convention, where delegates to the Republican National Committee convention are elected.

Caltabiano, on the Whitefish City Council, wanted to help strengthen the Montana Republican Party “from the bottom up.”

Then, a man named