With the results of Montana’s 2020 primary election now fully in, it appears that a concerted effort by right-flanking primary challengers to oust more moderate members of the Montana Legislature’s Republican delegation has met with mixed results. Conservative Solutions Caucus lawmakers held their own in eight of the 12 contested races Montana Free Press identified […]
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For Solutions Caucus, the proof is in the primaries
GOP leaders promised a reckoning for Republican lawmakers who found middle ground with Democrats in 2019. Will voters make them pay?
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When ‘Solutions Caucus’ Republicans in the 2019 Legislature did — and didn’t — vote with Democrats
Hard-right Republicans blame legislative defeats on moderate compromisers. Here’s how the Montana ‘Solutions Caucus’ voted on key issues.
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Purity versus pragmatism
Of the roughly dozen legislative primaries pitting Solutions Caucus lawmakers against right-flanking challengers in 2020, none provides a starker example of the electoral consequences of Medicaid expansion than the showdown over an open seat in Senate District 44.
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As the 2019 session ends, a powerful faction of GOP lawmakers tallies its wins and losses
The so-called Solutions Caucus carried Medicaid expansion renewal, infrastructure funding, and political central committee reform. The also saw some last-day defeats.
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MT Lowdown Podcast – Episode 14: Sen. Bob Keenan on the ‘unicameral Legislature’
Longtime conservative lawmaker weighs in on the “solutions caucus,” the budget process, and the influential state representative from Conrad.
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This website ranks Republican lawmakers on party loyalty. Is that good for Montana?
Legistats touts itself as an “objective” measure of party loyalty. But the GOP’s self-described “Solutions Caucus” says it brings out the worst of the political system.
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Moderates emerge as major players in Montana Legislature
A loose-knit, ever-evolving group of Republican legislators is making waves and causing headaches in the 66th Montana Legislature. So who are the lawmakers in the “Solutions Caucus,” and what’s their agenda?