From GreatFallsTribune.com:

National polls indicate Republicans are poised to ride a wave of anti-Democratic Party sentiment to major gains in Congress on Election Day, and according to some of the state’s top political observers, the GOP could be headed for gains in the Montana legislature as well.

In 2009 Republicans held a 26-seat majority in the 50-member Senate, while Democrats controlled the evenly divided 100-member House because their party controlled the Governor’s Office.

As Gov. Brian Schweitzer heads into the final session of his eight-year term, he’d like nothing more than to have Democratic allies in command of both houses, but unless Montana bucks national trends — something the Treasure State has done in each of the past two legislative elections — Republicans are well-positioned to control both houses when the legislature convenes in January.

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