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The Montana State Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Montana. It is composed of the 100-member Montana House of Representatives and the 50-member Montana Senate.
The Montana House of Representatives is,with the Montana Senate,one of the two houses of the Montana Legislature. Composed of 100 members,the House elects its leadership every two years.
The 80th Texas Legislature met in regular session beginning 9 January 2007. All members of the House of Representatives and 16 members of the Senate were up for election on 7 November 2006 in the Texas Legislature election.
Mary M. Caferro is a Democratic member of the Montana House of Representatives,having first served between 2005 and 2011,and again starting in 2019. From 2011 to 2019 she served as a Democratic member of the Montana Senate.
Robyn Driscoll was a Democratic Party member of the Montana State Senate. She represented District 26 and then District 25. She was first elected to the Senate in 2012. Robyn Driscoll was formerly a member of the Montana House of Representatives,representing District 51 from 2005 to 2013. She has served in the 2005,2007,2009,2011,2013,and 2015 legislative sessions.
Bryce Bennett, an American politician from Montana. As a Democrat,he served in the Montana Senate from 2019 to 2021 and represented he 50th senate district based in Missoula,Montana. He previously served in the Montana House of Representatives from 2011 to 2019.
Francis "Ed" Edward Buttrey is a Republican member of the Montana Legislature. He served in the Montana Senate from 2011 to 2019 and then served in the Montana House of Representatives. He was elected to Senate District 13,representing Great Falls,Montana,in 2011.
Llewelyn E. Jones is a Republican member of the Montana Legislature. He was elected to Senate District 14,representing Conrad,Montana,for the 2011-2013 term. Previously Jones served 3 terms in the House of Representatives. Jones holds an MS in Economics from Montana State University.
Janna Taylor was the Speaker pro Tempore for the Montana House of Representatives in 2011.
Keith Regier is an American politician,business owner,and retired teacher from Montana. Regier is a Republican member of Montana Senate for District 3. He served as a member of the Montana House of Representatives from 2007 to 2017.
Cary Smith is a Republican member of the Montana Legislature. He was elected to State Senate District 27 which represents a portion of the Billings area.
Dick Barrett is a Democratic member of the Montana Legislature. He was elected to House District 93 which represents a portion of the Missoula area and was the State Senator of District 45 before his retirement in 2021,with his last official session occurring in 2019. During his farewell remarks to the Montana Senate Chamber on April 25,2019 at the Montana Capitol Building in Helena,Montana,Senator Barrett serenaded his fellow members with his rendition of Arthur Sullivan's and W. S. Gilbert's "When all night long a chap remains" from their 19th century comedic opera,Iolanthe. His rendition was recorded by the Montana Public Affairs Network and can be enjoyed here.
Matthew Martin Rosendale Sr. is an American politician and businessman in the state of Montana. A Republican,he is the U.S. representative for Montana's at-large congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives,elected in 2020.
Tom McGillvray is an American politician and a Republican member of the Montana Senate. He was a member of the Montana House of Representatives from 2005 to 2013,where he represented House District 50. He currently represents the Billings,Montana,area. He served as House Majority Leader in 2011 legislative session,Assistant Republican leader in the 2009 legislative session and as Majority Whip during the 2007 legislative session.
Bob Keenan is a Republican member of the Montana Legislature. He was elected on November 4,2014,to Senate District 5,and assumed that office on January 5,2015,serving in the 2015 legislative session. Keenan represents District 19,which encompasses parts of Flathead and Lake Counties,Montana. Keenan served as President pro tempore from 2017-2018,and as the Senate Minority Leader from 2005–2007. Keenan previously served in the Montana House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999 and in the Montana Senate from 1999 to 2007,where he was president of the senate.
Janet Ellis is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Montana Senate. She served in the Montana House of Representatives from 2015 to 2019.
Douglas Scot Kerns II,also known as Scot Kerns,is a Lutheran theologian and Republican politician who was born in Indianapolis,Indiana. He is the current representative of House District 23 of the Montana State Legislature and a candidate minister in Great Falls,Montana.
As of 2022,Montana ranked 22nd out of 50 American states in terms of percentage of state legislators who are women. Within the Montana State Legislature,32.7 percent of all members were women in 2022. From statehood in 1889 to 2021,the state of Montana had only one female governor,Judy Martz. Although the first woman to be elected to the United States Congress was from Montana in 1916,the state had not elected another woman to Congress as of 2021.
An election was held on November 8,2016 to elect 25 members to Montana's Senate. The election coincided with elections for other offices,including the Presidency,U.S. House of Representatives,Governorship,and state house. The primary election was held on June 7,2016.
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- ↑ Montana Legislature. "DEBBY BARRETT (R)" . Retrieved 4 April 2011.
- ↑ "Montana Legislature: 64th Session". leg.mt.gov. Archived from the original on 2016-08-30. Retrieved 2016-09-05.