Democrats gain some ground in Montana Legislature after redistricting, but GOP still holds power

Republicans will continue holding strong majorities in both chambers of the Montana Legislature when next year’s session starts in January but will no longer have a veto-proof supermajority after Democrats picked up a handful of seats following redistricting and Tuesday’s election.

While Tuesday’s election results are not yet finalized, tentative results with about 560,000 votes counted statewide show Democrats picking up two seats overall in the Senate and nine in the House.

That would put Republicans at a 32-18 majority in the Senate and a 59-41 majority in the House. In 2023, Republicans carried a 34-16 majority in the Senate and 68-32 majority in the House.

That’s about in line with what both parties had forecast both before and after the primaries in June. Republicans expected to have around 30 Senate seats, while Democrats had hoped to pick up three or four seats in the Senate and eight to 10 in the House.





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