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Former Deputy Superintendent Sharyl Allen, Arntzen’s longest-tenured right-hand through two terms, filed to run for her boss’s position in June. Allen, running as a Republican, has served as a superintendent in a string of districts in Arizona and Montana, including in the small Rocky Mountain Front communities of Augusta and Conrad. So far, she’s focused her campaign on issues including student safety and respect for family values in education. Elsie Arntzen, a Republican, is the incumbent superintendent of public instruction but cannot run again because of term limits. House in August, was first elected state superintendent in 2016 following a long career in the Legislature.
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Cory Swanson, the current Broadwater County Attorney, announced his bid for the chief justiceship on conservative talk radio in late November. Swanson, a former deputy attorney general under Republican Tim Fox, has no judicial experience but told MTFP that his recent tenure in the trenches of trial court would be a valuable asset on the bench. (He clarified that a judicial conservative is not necessarily the same as a political conservative — he just believes in judicial restraint, he said). In a departure from his predecessor, the comparatively middle-of-the-road Republican Tim Fox, Knudsen doesn’t appear to have qualms about being labeled a staunch partisan. “Montanans had the chance to vote for ‘status quo’ a couple different times in the AG’s race.
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“Our state is decaying around us,” he told MTFP at the time. The rules will also require bills heard in select committees — issue-focused ad hoc committees appointed by legislative leadership — to be subsequently referred to the Legislature’s standing committees. At this stage, the change will primarily impact a select committee dedicated to election law reforms helmed by Republican hardliners who have promoted theories of election fraud. Kirk Bushman, a mechanical engineer from Billings who served on the PSC from 2013 to 2016, is seeking the District 2 seat that will be vacated by Tony O’Donnell, who is termed out. Bushman ran unsuccessfully for another term on the commission in 2020.
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Incumbent Democrat Moffie Funk has represented the 82nd district since 2015. 81st district representative Mary Caferro and Craig Sundberg are seeking the Democratic nomination. Incumbent Democrat Marvin Weatherwax Jr. has represented the 15th district since 2019. Thedis B. Crowe and Adrian Owen Wagner are challenging Weatherwax for the Democratic nomination. Ralph Foster and Bethsaida (Betsy) Johnson are seeking the Republican nomination.
National media reporting has suggested that Rosendale is preparing to mount a campaign for the U.S. Publicly, Rosendale’s camp has only said he’s not yet made a decision, but he’s nevertheless taken shots at both Tester and Sheehy on social media, branding them as both part of the Washington, D.C. Candidates have from January 11 through March 11, 2024 to file for office with the Montana Secretary of State. Zephyr is one of more than 300 LGBTQ candidates to take on elected roles across the country, according to the political advocacy group Victory Fund. Overall, 272 major party candidates filed to run in 2022.
Welborn said he’s running for the seat to protect customers from “unfair rate increases,” promote investment in Montana energy and ensure rural communities’ interests are represented on the commission. Welborn told the Montana Standard that he’s a true believer in an “all-of-the-above” energy approach that encompasses renewables. Until carbon-free technologies, including hydrogen-based fuel sources, mature more, he said he believes fossil fuel sources will have to remain part of the state’s energy mix. If you prefer a more personal touch, you can apply in person by visiting your county election administrator’s office during their weekday hours, typically from 8 a.m. Keep in mind that they may have extended hours during the election season.
Process to become a candidate
This guide is an effort to make the quantifiable aspects of the Montana Legislature more accessible to the public by compiling information about lawmakers, proposed bills and the legislative process. This is a project of Montana Free Press, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit newsroom that aims to provide Montanans with in-depth, nonpartisan news coverage. Incumbent Republican Brad Tschida has represented the 97th district since 2015. Tschida is term-limited and retiring to run for the Montana Senate. Michael Burkes and Lyn Hellegaard are seeking the Republican nomination.
Information for candidates
We’ve got three-quarters of the counties in the state of Montana in my district. So, we’ve got a lot to do,” Hamm told the Billings Gazette in May. Monica Tranel, a Democrat, is an attorney and former Olympic rower who has long been involved in Montana’s public affairs. A former attorney for the Public Service Commission and Montana Office of Consumer Counsel, she’s developed a reputation for representing ratepayers in legal battles with Northwestern Energy, Montana’s main regulated utility. She fashions herself as a populist crusader who stands up to corporate interests in the courtroom — while still making overtures to the purple center.
There are 16 House committees, which meet on varying schedules to hear public comment on proposed legislation. Members of the House Appropriations Committee also serve on several joint subcommittees that meet to review state spending proposals. Some users would circumvent the ban but over time, the difficulty and annoyance would likely drive them to a competing service, Kreps said. "For the majority of people, it will be lots of trouble," Liao said. "For someone who is tech-savvy and motivated, they can do it."
Incumbent Republican Matt Regier has represented the 4th district since 2017. Incumbent Republican Neil Duram has represented the 2nd district since 2019. The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Montana. For chronological tables of members of both houses of the United States Congress from the state (through the present day), see United States congressional delegations from Montana.
Rosendale previously ran against Tester in 2018 and lost. For the primary election, the deadline to mail registration forms is Monday, May 6. Forms received by Thursday, May 9, will still be accepted.
Dan Wilson, a district court judge from Flathead County, also filed for Sandefur’s seat in June. “The Supreme Court may only declare a legislative enactment to be unconstitutional if it is shown to be beyond a reasonable doubt that the legislation is in conflict with the constitution itself. That, I can tell you, is a very tall order,” Wilson told a room of Republicans at the Glacier Country Pachyderm Club’s weekly meeting, per the Flathead Beacon. He also spoke at a dinner for Flathead County Democrats, the Beacon reported and emphasized his commitment to non-partisanship at both meetings.
Custer is term-limited and is retiring to run for Montana Senate. Incumbent Democrat Frank Smith has represented the 31st district since 2021. Kaci Wallette is challenging Smith for the Democratic nomination.
“Serving as your Governor has been the honor of my life, and today I humbly ask for your support to serve another term.” He will again run alongside Kristen Juras as his lieutenant governor. Incumbent Republican Congressman Matt Rosendale may well decide to run for re-election. If he does, he’d be likely to win the primary — almost all of the Republican contenders have said they will drop out if Rosendale seeks re-election. Stacy Zinn, of Billings, a former Drug Enforcement Administration official, said in November she would run for Rosendale’s seat if he goes to the Senate. In a press release announcing her campaign, she primarily emphasized her desire for tighter border security and her experience fighting drug trafficking. She said that in the few days of legislative orientation she’s had to learn the ropes of the state legislature among her colleagues, she already “saw the difference” she was making.
Republicans lost two seats in the election, giving them a majority. The Montana House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the Montana State Legislature. Alongside the Montana State Senate, it forms the legislative branch of the Montana state government and works alongside the governor of Montana to create laws and establish a state budget. However, the measure in Montana may offer little insight into the legal outcome of a federal ban, Sarah Kreps, director of Cornell University's Tech Policy Institute, told ABC News. In Montana, lawmakers banned TikTok on privacy and child safety grounds, while the federal statute draws on national security considerations.
