Franke Wilmer | |
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Member of the Montana House of Representatives from the 64th district |
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In office 2007 - |
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Born | December 2, 1950 Washington, D.C. |
Political party | Democratic Party |
Residence | Bozeman, Montana |
Alma mater | University of Maryland (Ph.D.) University of Maryland (M.A.) Shepherd University (B.S.) |
Profession | University Professor |
Religion | Jewish |
Franke Wilmer (born December 2, 1950) is a Democratic Party member of the Montana House of Representatives, representing District 64 since 2007. Before first running for office in 2006, Wilmer was appointed to chair the Montana Human Rights Commission by Governor Schweitzer in 2005.[1] She received both a PhD and Masters from the University of Maryland in 1990 and is currently a full professor of Political Science at Montana State University.[2]
In February 2011, Wilmer was the first candidate from either party to announce her candidacy [3] for Montana's At-large district in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2012.[4]
Publications: The Indigenous Voice in World Politics (Sage 1993) [5] The Social Construction of Man, the State and War: Identity, Conflict and Violence in Former Yugoslavia (Routledge 2002) [6]
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