State integrity news for Montana, from the Missoulian:

A district judge may have broken Montana’s code of judicial conduct when he wrote a letter soliciting donations for another judge who is running for a seat on the state Supreme Court.

The Montana Code of Judicial Conduct includes a section that limits a judge’s ability to engage in political or campaign activity to maintain public confidence in the independence and impartiality of the judiciary. Judges can endorse candidates for judicial office, but they are barred from getting involved in the money race.

Read the rest of the story at the Missoulian.