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Montana is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It borders Idaho to the west,North Dakota to the east,South Dakota to the southeast,Wyoming to the south,and the Canadian provinces of Alberta,British Columbia,and Saskatchewan to the north. It is the fourth-largest state by area,but the eighth-least populous state and the third-least densely populated state. Its capital is Helena,while the most populous city is Billings. The western half of the state contains numerous mountain ranges,while the eastern half is characterized by western prairie terrain and badlands,with smaller mountain ranges found throughout the state.
Maxwell Sieben Baucus is an American politician who served as a United States senator from Montana from 1978 to 2014. A member of the Democratic Party,he was a U.S. senator for over 35 years,making him the longest-serving U.S. senator in Montana history. President Barack Obama later appointed Baucus to replace Gary Locke as the 11th U.S. Ambassador to the People's Republic of China,a position he held from 2014 until 2017.
Dennis Ray Rehberg is an American politician and member of the Republican Party. He served as the lieutenant governor of Montana from 1991 to 1997 and as the U.S. representative for Montana's at-large congressional district from 2001 to 2013. Rehberg was the Republican nominee for the United States Senate in 1996 and 2012,losing to Democratic incumbents Max Baucus 49% to 44% and Jon Tester 48% to 44%,respectively. He subsequently became a co-chairman at Mercury,a Washington D.C. lobbying firm.
John Patrick Williams is an American Democratic legislator who represented Montana in the United States House of Representatives from 1979 to 1997.
Scott Sales is an American politician of the Republican Party. He is a state senator in the Montana Senate and also serves as the president of that body. He previously served in the Montana House of Representatives,including a term as minority leader and as speaker of the House. Sales is the first person,to be elected by his peers,to serve as the presiding officer of both bodies of the Montana Legislature. Sales is from Douglas,Wyoming.
Roy Brown is a former Montana state senator from Billings,Montana Senate District 25. He served four terms in the Montana House of Representatives and was elected to the state senate in 2007. He was the Republican nominee for the governor seat in Montana with Steve Daines in 2008. In 2010,Representative Kendall Van Dyk defeated Brown in the general election.
Steven David Daines is an American politician and former corporate executive serving as the junior United States senator from Montana since 2015. A member of the Republican Party,he represented Montana's at-large congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2013 to 2015.
Larry Jent is a politician and a former Democratic member of the Montana Legislature. He served in the Montana House of Representatives from 2001 to 2007,and served in the Montana Senate from 2007 to 2015.
Donald William Molloy is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Montana.
Anders Blewett is an attorney and a Montana Democratic politician. He was elected to the Montana House of Representatives in 2008 and the Montana Senate in 2010.
Stephen Clark Bullock is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 24th governor of Montana from 2013 to 2021. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
The 2012 United States Senate election in Montana was held on November 6,2012,alongside a presidential election,other elections to the United States Senate in other states,as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
Sharon Stewart-Peregoy is an American politician serving as a Democratic member of the Montana House of Representatives. She was first elected to the Montana House of Representatives in 2017,and represents House District 42. From 2009 to 2017,she served in Montana Senate,and represented Senate District 21,which included Crow Agency,Montana. She was a member of the Senate's American Indian Caucus. She received a Bachelor of Arts in elementary education from Montana State University and a Master of Education from City University at Seattle. She actively advocates for the revitalization of the Crow language and culture.
The 2014 United States Senate election in Montana took place on November 4,2014,to elect a member of the United States Senate from Montana,concurrently with other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
Kathleen Williams is an American politician from Montana. A member of the Democratic Party,she served in the nonpartisan Environmental Quality Council of the Montana Legislature and the Montana Department of Fish,Wildlife and Parks. In 2010,she was elected to the Montana House of Representatives and served three two-year terms before retiring. In 2018 and 2020,Williams ran,unsuccessfully,as the Democratic nominee for Montana's at-large seat in the United States House of Representatives.
Mary R. McNally is an American educator and politician,who served as a Democratic member of the Montana Senate from the 24th District after previously representing the 47th District of the Montana House of Representatives.
Matthew Martin Rosendale Sr. is an American politician and former real estate developer representing Montana's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. A Member of the Republican Party,Rosendale served in the Montana House of Representatives from 2011 to 2013,and in the Montana Senate from 2013 to 2017. From 2015 to 2017,he served as Senate majority leader. Rosendale was elected Montana state auditor in 2016 and held that position from 2017 to 2020. Rosendale ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. House of Representatives in 2014 and for the U.S. Senate in 2018. He was elected to represent Montana's at-large congressional district in 2020. After Montana regained its second House seat in the 2020 census,Rosendale was elected to represent the new 2nd congressional district in 2022.
The 2014 congressional election in Montana was held on November 4,2014,to elect the U.S. representative from Montana's at-large congressional district. Between 1993 and 2023,Montana had one at-large seat in the House.
Jay Hollister Upton was an American politician and attorney from the state of Oregon. He was a conservative Republican who served two years in the Oregon House of Representatives;and later,fourteen years in the Oregon State Senate. In the senate,Upton represented a large rural district in eastern Oregon. He served as President of the Oregon Senate during the 1923 legislative session. Upton ran for Governor of Oregon and for the United States Congress from Oregon's 2nd congressional district,but lost both of those elections.
The 2020 United States Senate election in Montana was held on November 3,2020,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Montana. It was held concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states,elections to the United States House of Representatives,and various state and local elections. The primaries for both the Democratic and Republican nominations took place on June 2,2020. Incumbent senator Steve Daines won the Republican primary,while Montana Gov. Steve Bullock won the Democratic primary.
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- ↑ "Turning bridge access law into reality | Outdoors | billingsgazette.com".(subscription required)
- ↑ "Van Dyk wins Senate District 25 race by margin of 4 votes". Billings Gazette. November 29, 2010. Archived from the original on December 2, 2010.(subscription required)
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