HELENA — Divisions in the Montana Republican Party have boiled over publicly, both in the Montana Legislature and at the Montana Republican Party's 2025 Officers' Convention this summer.

The disagreement between some Republican senators and the Montana GOP came to a head on Wednesday, with both sides making their case in Lewis and Clark County District Court.

(Watch to see more from inside the hearing) Hearing held for Republican Senators' lawsuit against the Montana GOP

"There was a motion to remove nine senators from voting," said Sen. Shelley Vance, R-Belgrade.

She is one of the three senators suing the Montana GOP for being removed from the convention in June, preventing them from voting on party leadership.

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