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A leadership spill for the republican caucus in the National Assembly was held on 26 January 3026, following a challenge to the leadership of former prime minister [[Audrick Hill]] by [[Ray Banes]], who won a by-election to return to the Assembly in the day prior. The contest was joined by nationalist backbencher Gordon Teal, who advocated for imperioscepticism and the re-annexation of Shipley and the Newton. 

The spill motion required that the leadership be vacated and voted upon. As such, the winning candidate required a majority of the party room to back them in order to be elected. The last-place finishing candidate in any given round was eliminated from consideration, and voting was expected to continue until a single candidate emerged with a majority. The number of republican assemblymen at the time of the leadership spill was 24. As such, a majority was 13. 
{| class="wikitable"
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!Candidate
!Home city
!Prior office(s)
! colspan="2" |First round
! colspan="2" |Second round
|-
|Ray Banes
|Juneville
|[[Governor-General of Wiltshire]] (3026)
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|Audrick Hill
|Washington
|[[Prime Minister of Wiltshire]] (3019; 3020; 3025-3026)
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|Gordon Teal
|Juneville
|Assemblyman (3025-present)
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|-
| colspan="3" |Total
|24
|100%
|24
|100%
|}