GOP primary set in Senate District 14 race: State Sen. Russ Tempel, R-Chester

State Sen. Russ Tempel, R-Chester, is running to keep his seat in the Montana Legislature against fellow Republican Steve Chvilicek of Havre in this year's Republican primary.

Tempel was born and raised on the Hi-Line, graduating from Joplin High School and later Northern Montana College with an Associate of Business and has lived on his grandfather's homestead since. He has been married for more than 50 years, raising four children.

He spent 34 years farming as well as 18 years on the Liberty County Commission before spending the last six years in the Legislature as the area's senator so...