Montana GOP Headquarters in Helena, MT. Credit: Keith Schubert

The Montana Republican Party has hired Andrew Pierce as its executive director, the party announced Thursday.

Pierce’s pick fills the vacancy created by the departure earlier this month of political consultant Tyler Newcombe, who took a role in the state auditor’s office.

“We’re thrilled to have Andrew directing our party at this critical time,” Montana GOP Chairman Art Wittich said in a statement. “Republicans have the support of more Montanans than ever, and we will harness that momentum to keep the victories coming.”

Pierce graduated Hillsdale College, a small conservative Christian college in Michigan, in 2020. He worked there as an associate editor for the college’s Churchill Project, an award-winning oral history and

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