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US HOUSE DISTRICT 2

The US House Representative is elected to represent the people of the eastern district of Montana in the US Congress. Representatives are elected to two-year terms. US Representatives convene in Washington, D.C. to consider and pass laws for the entire nation and to assist constituents from their district with federal government agency services.

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    ELSIE ARNTZEN
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    KYLE AUSTIN
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    KEN BOGNER
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    TROY DOWNING
    (Rep)

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    RIC HOLDEN
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    JOEL G. KRAUTTER
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    DENNY REHBERG
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    ED WALKER
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    STACY ZINN
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Biographical Information

1. Please briefly provide the following information: place (town or county and state) of birth, age as of election day 2024, place (town or county) of permanent residency, occupation/employer, and education. How do these things and your other life experiences qualify you to be an effective Congressman?

2. What are the most important issues you expect to face if elected and how do you propose to address them?

3. What will you do to bridge the partisan divide so that the U.S. Congress can address the serious issues facing our country?

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Campaign Website http://www.troydowning.com
Campaign Twitter Handle @@TroyDowningMT
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Age: 57 Residence: Helena, MT Occupation: State Auditor, Montana Commissioner of Securities and Insurance Employer: State of Montana Education: New York University Occupation: In my tenure, we have done an incredible amount of outreach on financial literacy, capital formation, and elder fraud prevention.Current: Montana State Auditor, Commissioner of Securities and Insurance. Partner Wildrye Distilling, Partner Defeet International. Previous: Research Scientist and Educator at Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University, founded multiple companies including WebCal (merged with Yahoo! In the 1990s) and a nationwide commercial insurance company and real estate firm.

I served in the US Air Force and the Air Nationa
The Border and Inflation.

We need to know who is crossing our borders and why. At the southern border, Congress must allocate resources for the construction of physical barriers, deploy advanced surveillance technology, and increase the number of border patrol agents to effectively secure our borders.

Secondly, We must cut spending, cap borrowing, and eliminate inefficient government programs. Growing the economy is the other side of that coin. Reducing tax burdens on job-creating businesses has proven effective in growing the economy. Printing more money, or, forgiving debt, as the Biden Administration is proposing with student loans will certainly be an upward inflationary pressure.
We need to elect people who have the background and work ethic to actually Show up. Do the Work. and Be Transparent. The same things I’m known for in my current elected office.

Building trust in Congress is a top priority. I would strive to foster a culture of transparency and accountability to restore faith in our democratic institutions.

I will prioritize open communication with constituents. I will also support legislation to strengthen ethics rules, improve campaign finance disclosure, and reduce the influence of special interests in policy making.

Lastly, I will ensure that my offices are easily accessible and open to the public, so that they may come to my office with issues that they are dealing with in their communities.
I am a 3rd generation Montanan. My grandparents were homesteaders around 1900. I am 62 years old and I was born in Spokane WA. I lived there for 10 days before my parents brought me to Montana as an infant. I am a permanent resident of Dawson County , near Glendive MT. I am a self employed farmer/rancher for the past 33 years. We raise Montana's major agricultural products like, cattle, sheep and grain crops. I graduated from Montana State University -Bozeman in 1984. I graduated from Absarokee High School. I hold a degree in Business Management -double minor in Business Finance & Business Marketing. I served 8 years as a Montana state senator. I am uniquely Montanan. My family has lived here for generations I understand Montana.
The number one priority is to stop the flow of illegal aliens across our borders. I will vote to shut the border down on day one, build the wall and negotiate a immigration policy that is long over due. Agriculture is our largest industry. Currently Montana is not represented in Washington on any house agricultural committee. I will request that as a Montana farmer that I be placed on this committee so that we have a voice in Washington D.C. on issues critical to Montana agriculture. We have an abundance of natural resources, like oil, coal and natural gas. The Biden administration is attacking these industries daily. I will support developing these resources so that our children will have good paying jobs right here in Montana.
Bipartisan cooperation is important. As a State Senator I saw the value of working together on important issues. There are many issues that get handled in a bipartisan method, but the media tends to focus on what divides us to gain headlines. I have always worked across the isle when I could, but I certainly do not believe in compromising one's core values just for the sake of making it look like you are doing something. Some things such as gun control, abortion, lowering taxes and keeping boys out of girls locker rooms are issues that I will not compromise on. When it comes to funding our park system, irrigation systems, or making big corporations clean up their pollution/trash: I can see benefits in working together for sure.
Campaign Twitter Handle @joelformontana
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Born in Idaho Falls, ID. 36 years old on election day. Live in Billings but grew up in Deer Lodge and was a past legislator from Sidney. Attorney and small business owner at Netzer, Krautter & Brown, P.C. and Krautter's Registered Agent, LLC. Graduate of the University of Montana School of Law and Liberty University.

Having lived in Sidney and now Billings, this has allowed me to gain a good understanding of the people and issues facing rural eastern and central Montana communities, as well as the district’s larger communities. As a lawyer, small business owner and former legislator, this has given me experience and background on many of the issues that I would work on in Washington.
I’m running for Congress to bring a new generation of leadership to Washington that will crush chaos and restore economic and social stability to our nation.

Public safety issues and addressing our federal deficit spending I believe will be some of the most important issues I will face in Congress.

Public safety in our eastern and central Montana communities starts by making sure our U.S. southern border is secure from the illegal drugs and cartels, through providing the border agents, immigration officers and judges needed. We also need to make sure law enforcement has the resources needed.

Reining-in the budget starts with single-subject legislation that allows bills to pass or fail on their own merits. We also need regular order.
When I was a state legislator in Helena, I was proud to be recognized by the Montana Free Press as "one of the Capitol’s more visible bipartisans."

Bridging the partisan divide starts with an attitude of realizing we are all Americans first and foremost, before party loyalties. As such, we need to be committed to working for what is in our state and country's best interests, realizing no one has a monopoly on good ideas, work in good faith and genuinely look to find common ground on the problems facing our nation. It isn't easy but it's the hard but necessary work that must be done to get things done for the country. This is the approach I believe in, what I did in my time as a state legislator and what I'll take with me to Washington.
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Campaign Website http://ZinnforMT.com
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Born in Texas; 58 (Nov 2024); Last fall, Stacy Zinn retired as the head of all operations for the Drug Enforcement Administration in Montana, after nearly 23 years of service. During this time frame, Zinn spent 4 years on the Mexican border, 3 years on a tactical team in Afghanistan, and almost 6 years in South America. Zinn decided to run for Congressman's Rosendale's seat since her worldly experience made her more than qualified to serve in that capacity. Previously, Zinn worked with many different foreign governments, U.S. Embassy personnel and federal agencies. She worked on both southern and northern border, ran tactical operations and tight budgets under a continuing resolution.
Issues we will face is lowering the national debt, upgrading our national security and balancing our energy policies. They will be addressed with common sense solutions.
There should be no compromising on basic principles, beliefs, and rights. Ever. To do so is to invite the left to take more the next time. History has shown this. However, when one is not compromising their moral integrity to reach across the aisle to get basis items passed, solutions can occur with greater ease.