Montana Senate

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The Montana Senate is the upper house of the Montana State Legislature, the state legislative branch of the U.S. state of Montana. The body is composed of 50 senators, and, since the state general elections of November 2004, has had a Democratic majority.

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[edit] Composition of the Senate

60th Legislature - 2007-2009
Affiliation Members
  Democratic Party 26
  Republican Party 24
 Total
50
  Majority
2

[edit] Officers

Position Name Party
President of the Senate Mike Cooney Democratic
President pro tempore Dan Harrington Democratic
Majority Leader Carol Williams Democratic
Minority Leader Corey Stapleton Republican
  • Majority Whip Lynda Moss (D)
  • Majority Whip Lane Larson (D)
  • Minority Whip Greg Barkus (R)
  • Minority Whip Dan McGee (R)
  • Secretary of the Senate John Mudd
  • Sergeant at Arms Clay Scott

[edit] Members of the Montana Senate

District Senator Party Residence
1 Aubyn Curtiss Republican Fortine
2 Dan Weinberg Democratic Whitefish
3 Jerry O'Neil Republican Columbia Falls
4 Gregory Barkus Republican Kalispell
5 Verdell Jackson Republican Kalispell
6 John Brueggeman Republican Polson
7 Jim Elliott Democratic Trout Creek
8 Carol Juneau Democratic Browning
9 John Cobb Republican Augusta
10 Don Ryan Democratic Great Falls
11 Trudi Schmidt Democratic Great Falls
12 Mitch Tropila Democratic Great Falls
13 Joseph Tropila Democratic Great Falls
14 Jerry Black Republican Shelby
15 Jim Peterson Republican Buffalo
16 Frank Smith Democratic Poplar
17 Ken Hansen Democratic Harlem
18 Sam Kitzenberg Republican Glasgow
19 Donald Steinbeisser Republican Sidney
20 Keith Bales Republican Otter
21 Gerald Pease Democratic Lodge Grass
22 Lane Larson Democratic Billings
23 Kelly Gephardt Republican Roundup
24 Kim Gillan Democratic Billings
25 Roy Brown Republican Billings
26 Lynda Moss Democratic Billings
27 Corey Stapleton Republican Billings
28 Jeff Essman Republican Billings
29 Daniel McGee Republican Laurel
30 Robert Story Republican Park City
31 John Esp Republican Big Timber
32 Larry Jent Democratic Bozeman
33 Bob Hawks Democratic Bozeman
34 Joe Balyeat Republican Bozeman
35 Gary Perry Republican Manhattan
36 Bill Tash Republican Dillon
37 Steve Gallus Democratic Butte
38 Dan Harrington Democratic Butte
39 Terry Murphy Republican Cardwell
40 Mike Cooney Democratic Helena
41 Christine Kaufmann Democratic Helena
42 Dave Lewis Republican Helena
43 Jesse Laslovich Democratic Anaconda
44 Rick Laible Republican Victor
45 Jim Shockley Republican Victor
46 Carol Williams Democratic Missoula
47 Vicki Cocchiarella Democratic Missoula
48 Carolyn Squires Democratic Missoula
49 David Wanzenried Democratic Missoula
50 Greg Lind Democratic Missoula

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