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North Central Pachyderms hosted Friday a talk by former state Sen. Ed Butcher, R-Winifred, who runs the website legislatorloyalty.com, a website that

“The Constitution is at stake,” House Minority Leader Kim Abbott said. “Montana voters for many, many decades have shown that they like divided government.

A majority of the delegates repeatedly approved amendments to the platform that steer the party further to the right at a time when it already enjoys near-historic control over the state.

No incumbent candidates fell to primary election challenges on Tuesday, while both the moderate and conservative factions of the state’s GOP claimed some victories.

There was a telling moment during The Monitors forum in Clancy last month featuring Marta Bertoglio and Timothy McKenrick, the Republican candidates for House District 75 of the Montana Legislature.

There are six candidates for Public Service Commission Region 5. Region 5 includes the counties of Flathead, Glacier, Podera, Lake, and Lewis and Clark. PSC decisions directly or indirectly affect

Republicans have held a solid majority in the Montana Legislature for more than a decade, and that pattern appears likely to continue in 2022. That means GOP primaries could play a big role in how next year’s legislative session plays out.

Republicans are almost certain to maintain their grip on the Legislature, which strengthened to near-supermajority status following the Montana GOP’s historic success in the 2020 election.

Capping Montana’s double digit property tax increases on homeowners would seem a no-brainer issue for legislative candidates. Not so. The focus of Republicans and Democrats alike is on protecting the

A legislative effort to assemble in special session and redraw Public Service Commission districts before a March court deadline has failed