Deans disappear from Senate race

A pair of controversial political candidates have generally disappeared, both from the local view and from the race for Montana’s U.S. Senate seat.

William James Dean and his wife, Sarah, both registered last fall with the Federal Election Commission as candidates for the Senate seat now held by Democrat Jon Tester of Big Sandy after the couple moved to Havre from California.

Neither had filed with the Montana Secretary of State by the deadline Monday, essentially putting them out of the race

The couple filed with the FEC, which administers federal campaign finance law, on opposite sid...