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MONTANA HOUSE DISTRICT 65

State House Representative – the office of state representative serves in the Montana legislature’s lower house. There are 100 representatives who are elected from districts. Representatives are elected to 2-year terms. Representatives propose and vote on proposed laws during the legislative sessions that meet for 90 days in odd-numbered years, and provide oversight of state agencies and study issues through interim committees that meet between sessions. Representatives are limited to four consecutive 2-year terms.

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    BRIAN CLOSE
    (Dem)

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    JOE FLYNN
    (Rep)

Biographical Information

Q1. Please briefly provide the following information: place (town or county and state) of birth, age as of election day 2026, place (town or county) of permanent residency, occupation/employer, and education. How do these and your other life experiences qualify you to be an effective Legislator?

Q2. What are the most important issues you expect to face if elected to the Montana Legislature, and what are your positions on those issues? How would you prioritize each of the issues you have identified?

Q3. What economic policies will you pursue to help Americans who are concerned about their economic prospects in the coming years, including the cost of medical insurance and care?

Q4. What measures do you support to ensure Montana elections are secure while facilitating the ability of all eligible voters to cast their ballots? What, if anything, should the state government do to reduce the role of money in American elections?

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Born in Illinolis in 1958,Brian arrived in Bozeman in the fall of 1994 for a Teaching Assistant job at MSU. In those first three years like many Bozemanites, he worked three jobs: building his practice; running the planetarium projector; and substitute maintenance for the Bozeman schools.

Over the next 30 years, Brian chaired the paratransit board, co-wrote the city charter, served on the planning board, passed Bozeman's smoke free ordinance, and chaired the park board that passed the park district.

Brian has two law degrees, including an LL.M. is tax from NYU, an undergraduate degree from Univeristy of Chicago, and a Master in History from MSU.

Brian is running for his second term representing HD 65 in Bozeman.

Budget: we will have a budget crisis caused by ireesponsible income tax cuts. I will fight to defend the most vulnerable ffrfom budget cuts.

Property Taxes: We need to continue the process of making property taxes more equitable, especially for persons on fixed income.

Medicaid Administration: we must asset budget authority over the hundred of millions of dollars the state has received from the federal rural transformation fund.
Support of education and our teachers.

Strengthen rural community economic development organizations and increase their capacity to seek pribvate and government grants
We have secure elections now. Demands for additional measures is fear mongering meant to reduce confidence in out elections.

I support the iniative to restrict dark money and corporate money in our politics
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