Seaborn Larson

As Democrats at the national and state level grapple with the party's identity, their counterparts in Cascade County continue losing candidates to the other side.

County Attorney Josh Racki announced Thursday he will run for his third term as a Republican after holding the post as a Democrat since 2018.

The transition is the third time a sitting Democratic official in Cascade County has declared for the GOP since 2021.

Racki broke the news on social media with a video denouncing the left's embrace of the "Defund the Police" movement, which is considerably washed out of the current political lexicon but remains salient with Montana voters.

"For a long time now I've been feeling that way," Racki said in a phone interview on Thursday.

The county prosecutor's office is har

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