Missoulian - Democrats to control Legislature, for now: "HELENA - It took only one strange day, but Montana Democrats now have carved out tenuous majorities in both houses of the 2007 Legislature, thanks to a party-switching senator and four more votes that erased a Republican winner in a Laurel House district.
In the state Senate, tied 25-25 between Democrats and Republicans after last week's elections, Republican Sen. Sam Kitzenberg of Glasgow said Monday he plans to switch parties, giving Democrats a 26-24 majority.
“I'm a moderate, and there is no room left in the Republican Party for moderates,” Kitzenberg said. “I'm not leaving the Republican Party; it has basically left me.”
And in the House, Rep. Emelie Eaton, D-Laurel, picked up four more votes Monday in the counting of provisional ballots, forging a tie with House District 58 opponent Krayton Kerns, a Republican from Laurel..."
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