Montana’s true color, purple

By: Stephen Maly

Outlets: Daily Montanan

Published: February 18, 2026

Words: 1,545

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago

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Montana is not a red state, not really, not deep down.

Sure, Donald Trump won a large percentage of the popular vote here, twice, and Greg Gianforte won the governor’s race twice. Republicans have dominated the Legislature and the Public Service Commission for years. The Secretary of State is a Republican, and so is the State Securities and Insurance Commissioner. I’d be willing to bet that the state Chamber of Commerce is predominantly Republican, …

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