The door to the old Supreme Court Chamber at the Montana Capitol. (Micah Drew/Daily Montanan)

A newly formed political committee is beginning a campaign to enshrine nonpartisan judicial elections in the state constitution, after a multitude of efforts by the Montana Legislature to attach party labels to judges failed.

Pepper Peterson, the political director for Montanans for Fair and Impartial Judges, said the goal of putting a constitutional initiative to voters in 2026 came after watching the repeated rebuffing of those actions during the session.

“I think the people of Montana can see the system here is fair,” Peterson told the Daily Montanan. “This is a common sense idea to have in our state constitution. Anything else is just raw partisanship, and I don’t think most Montanans are o

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