Laurie Bishop | |
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Member of the MontanaHouseofRepresentatives from the 60th district | |
Assumed office January 2, 2017 | |
Preceded by | Debra Lamm |
Personal details | |
Born | 1970 (age 53–54) Rochester,New York,U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Storrs Bishop |
Children | 3 |
Residence(s) | Livingston,Montana,U.S. |
Education | Syracuse University (BA) |
Laurie Bishop (born 1970) is an American politician who serves in the Montana House of Representatives from the 60th district since 2017,as a member of the Democratic Party. During her tenure in the state house she served as chair of the Democratic caucus. [1]
Laurie Bishop was born in 1970,in Rochester,New York,and grew up in Illinois and Virginia. She graduated from high school in Ohio,and graduated from Syracuse University with a Bachelor of Arts in sociology. She moved to Montana in 1996. [1] [2] [3] She has been married to Storrs Bishop,with whom she had three children,for twenty-eight years and reside in Livingston,Montana. [1] [3]
Bishop ran for a seat in the Montana House of Representatives from the 60th district in the 2016 election with the Democratic nomination and defeated incumbent Republican Representative Debra Lamm. [4] [5] [6] She defeated Republican nominee Dan Skattum in the 2018 election. [7] [8] Bishop defeated Republican nominee Joe Lamm, the husband of former Representative Lamm, in the 2020 election. [2] [9] [10]
Bishop announced on July 1, 2021, that she would seek the Democratic nomination for a seat in the United States House of Representatives from Montana's 2nd congressional district, which had yet to be drawn after being gained in the 2020 census, in 2022. [11] She ended her campaign after redistricting as she was drawn into the more Republican district in eastern Montana. [12]
She served as the chair of the Democratic caucus in the state house during the 2019 session and delivered the Democratic response to Governor Greg Gianforte's State of the State Address in 2021. [2] [13]
Bishop supports transgender rights and supports providing gender affirming care to youth that identify as transgender. [14] [15]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Laurie Bishop | 1,426 | 100.00% | ||
Total votes | 1,426 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Laurie Bishop | 2,858 | 52.30% | ||
Republican | Debra Lamm (incumbent) | 2,607 | 47.70% | ||
Total votes | 5,465 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Laurie Bishop (incumbent) | 1,552 | 100.00% | ||
Total votes | 1,552 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Laurie Bishop (incumbent) | 3,232 | 57.52% | ||
Republican | Dan Skattum | 2,387 | 42.49% | ||
Total votes | 5,619 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Laurie Bishop (incumbent) | 2,098 | 100.00% | ||
Total votes | 2,098 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Laurie Bishop (incumbent) | 3,776 | 56.33% | ||
Republican | Joe Lamm | 2,927 | 43.67% | ||
Total votes | 6,703 | 100.00% |
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