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Favel vies for state Senate seat

In fewer than four weeks, the name Bobbi Jo Favel will appear on ballots from Box Elder to the Fort Peck Indian Reservation.

Favel, a Democrat, is hoping to be her party's standard bearer in the race for Senate District 16.

She is competing against former state Sen. Frank Smith, D-Poplar, and LeAnn Montes, attorney general for the Chippewa Cree Tribe, in the June 7 Democratic primary.

The winner will face freshman state Rep. Bruce Meyers, R-Box Elder, in November's general election.

State Sen. Jonathan Windy Boy, D-Box Elder, is term-limited and can't run for re-election. The vetera...

 

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