How abortion is reshaping some races to become powerful state judges

"I can tell you that they are getting asked those questions," one Democrat said. Montana is not known as a swing state, but in the wake of the end of Roe v. Wade, experts and political observers say that contests there could reveal more about the playbook for liberal and conservative candidates for some of the country's most impactful yet overlooked positions: state court judgeships. Two seats are open this year on the state's middle-of-the-road Supreme Court, and state Republicans are targeting the state's 25-year-old ruling declaring the state constitution's...