articleThe Brief Jason Ellsworth, former Montana state Senate president, was convicted of misdemeanor criminal official misconduct for awarding $170,000 in no-bid contracts to a long-time business associate. Former Montana state Senate President Jason Ellsworth was convicted this week of awarding no-bid contracts to a company with ties to a long-time business associate. Eggleston registered Agile Analytics as a Montana business just weeks before presenting Ellsworth with the contracts, Robles said. The work under contract with Agile Analytics was legitimate as well, attorney Martin Judnich said. This was a very serious contract about an issue that was extremely important to the Montana Senate."