How a bipartisan coalition dominated the Montana Senate and fractured the Republican Party

Credit: Thom Bridge

The defining story of the 2025 Montana legislative session was about an unexpected bipartisan voting bloc that came together in the Senate, putting hardline Republicans in the minority, despite the fact that the GOP nearly has a supermajority on paper. This story, written once legislators gaveled out, details how a the coalition came together and withstood political pressures for four months.