Following the 2025 legislative session, there has been much debate about what it means to be a Montana Republican. To me, the answer is simple: standing for conservative values, empowering Montana families and businesses, and resisting an ever-expanding state government. Voters expect the Republican candidates they elect to advance Republican principles and policies.

Yet, from day one of the legislative session, a faction of nine self-identified Republican senators chose to partner with Democrats, eff ectively dissolving the Republican majority and derailing the agenda mandated by Montana voters. The faction betrayed Montanans who voted for Republican governance by putting their own ambitions and the minority agenda above the will of voters.

To protect voters from further duplicity, a ma

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