At GOP dinner, Wilson says he’ll counter left tilt of the Montana Supreme Court

By: Jordan Hansen

Outlets: Daily Montanan

Published: February 10, 2026

Words: 1,008

Last Updated: 3 weeks ago

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GREAT FALLS — Montana Republicans need to counteract efforts by progressive groups to sway judicial elections, the state GOP chairman said last week, as a Flathead-area judge appears to be one of the party’s new standard bearers for renewed efforts to reshape the judicial branch.

Montana Supreme Court candidate Judge Dan Wilson got a thundering applause on Friday night at the Montana GOP Winter Kickoff, with the Flathead-area jurist calling himself a “constitutional …

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