Laurie Bishop

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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]

LGBTQIA+ rights

Bishop supports transgender rights and supports providing gender affirming care to youth that identify as transgender. [14] [15]

Electoral history

Laurie Bishop
Member of the MontanaHouseofRepresentatives
from the 60th district
Assumed office
January 2, 2017
2016 Montana House of Representatives 60th district Democratic primary [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Laurie Bishop 1,426 100.00%
Total votes1,426 100.00%
2016 Montana House of Representatives 60th district election [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Laurie Bishop 2,858 52.30%
Republican Debra Lamm (incumbent)2,60747.70%
Total votes5,465 100.00%
2018 Montana House of Representatives 60th district Democratic primary [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Laurie Bishop (incumbent) 1,552 100.00%
Total votes1,552 100.00%
2018 Montana House of Representatives 60th district election [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Laurie Bishop (incumbent) 3,232 57.52%
Republican Dan Skattum2,38742.49%
Total votes5,619 100.00%
2020 Montana House of Representatives 60th district Democratic primary [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Laurie Bishop (incumbent) 2,098 100.00%
Total votes2,098 100.00%
2020 Montana House of Representatives 60th district election [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Laurie Bishop (incumbent) 3,776 56.33%
Republican Joe Lamm2,92743.67%
Total votes6,703 100.00%

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 "Incumbent Bishop, Lamm meet in race for HD60". Bozeman Daily Chronicle . October 15, 2020. Archived from the original on July 9, 2021.
  3. 1 2 "House District 60". Billings Gazette . October 4, 2020. p. E22. Archived from the original on July 9, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Districts". Independent Record . October 16, 2016. p. A7. Archived from the original on July 9, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
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  12. "Bishop leaves race for Montana's western U.S. House seat". Montana Public Radio . November 17, 2021. Archived from the original on November 22, 2021.
  13. "Livingston Representative Laurie Bishop Delivered The Democratic Response To State Of State Address Thursday Evening". Northern Broadcasting System . January 29, 2021. Archived from the original on July 9, 2021.
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