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The Montana Republican Party Executive Board on Tuesday passed a resolution formally opposing Initiative 194, “The Montana Plan,” which seeks to limit spending by corporations, nonprofits and other organizations in elections.

The Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling in Louisiana vs. Callais on April 29 cleared states to split apart, for political gain, congressional districts where a majority of residents belong to minority groups.

For an hour-and-a-half during a Tuesday night Republican primary debate, Aaron Flint, a former talk show radio host running for the state’s Western Congressional district, sounded like he was back on the air.

There are 43 legislative races across Montana – 31 for the House and 12 for the Senate – feature contested GOP primaries.

Some lawmakers are demanding Congress pass a bill codifying the president’s sweeping regime of import duties — but such a move might be a tough sell in an election year.

Republicans from across Montana gathered in Great Falls on Friday to kick off the 2026 campaign cycle, highlighting taxes and judicial reform as issues the party is looking to address.

Micah Drew (Daily Montanan) Calling it a “remarkable story” of bipartisanship, flying in the face of national trends of sharply divided political viewpoints, “CBS Mornings” aired an interview at the end of last year with four Montana Republican state senators who voted with Democratic colleagues to pass major pieces of legislation during the 2025 session. But the state GOP is unhappy ...

Ross Fitzgerald writes, "The Freedom Caucus’s exclusionary tactics, rule-bending history, and potential plans—like closed primaries or loyalty oaths—risk creating a single-thought party."