Billings Republican Rep. Katie Zolnikov was elected as Montana’s first female Speaker of the House during the legislative caucuses, when lawmakers hold internal partisan elections to select leadership ahead of the upcoming 2027 session. Zolnikov is also the youngest ever female speaker of a state House in the nation’s history.
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