The Montana Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a group sponsoring a proposed ballot measure that would require the state’s judicial elections remain nonpartisan.

The 2026 general election is just about a year away. The races for Montana’s U.S. Senate and House seats are taking shape. Three Montana Democrats join the race to challenge Sen. Daines. The U.S. House races feature veterans,

Montana’s Supreme Court has ruled the state's attorney general went too far in revising language for a proposed ballot initiative calling for nonpartisan court races

Montanans for Fair and Impartial Judges prevailed in a lawsuit it filed against Attorney General Austin Knudsen over his rewrite to the group’s ballot issue, which would require Montana Supreme Court and district court elections to remain nonpartisan if it makes it to the ballot and is approved by voters.

The Montana Supreme Court has twice rejected Attorney General Austin Knudsen's revisions to statements accompanying nonpartisan court election initiatives.

The split-ticket voters were decisive for Bullock, who won just 50.3% of the vote, enough to defeat Republican challenger Greg Gianforte by 16,000 votes. Gianforte won the governorship four years later in a race against Bullock’s lieutenant governor.