Bob Brown (born December 11, 1947) is an American politician who was the
Secretary of State for
Montana
Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columb ...
and the
Republican
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* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
nominee for
Governor of Montana
The governor of Montana is the head of government of MontanaMontana Constitution, Article VI, Section 4. and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. The governor has a duty to enforce state laws, the power to either approve or veto ...
in 2004.
As a young man, Brown was elected to
Montana Legislature
The Montana State Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Montana. It is composed of the 100-member Montana House of Representatives and the 50-member Montana Senate.
The Montana Constitution dictates that the legislature meet ...
. Brown spent four years in the
State House (1970–1974) and 23 in the
Senate (1975–1997),
serving as president from 1995-96. His political mentors include Jean Turnage, who spent 20 years in the Senate and subsequently 15 as chief justice of the Supreme Court before retiring in 1991.
Brown became Senate education chairman in 1977 and served in that capacity through 1983. He served as chairman of the taxation committee in 1987. He became chairman of the committee on committees, one of the most innocuously named but powerful Senate committees, in 1989. He sat on the judicial committee from 1975 to 1993.
In 2000, Brown ran for secretary of state and won by a 7 percent margin. In 2004, Brown entered the
2004 Montana gubernatorial election against
Democrat
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Brian Schweitzer
Brian David Schweitzer (born September 4, 1955) is an American farmer and politician who served as the 23rd Governor of Montana from 2005 to 2013. Schweitzer served for a time as chair of the Western Governors Association as well as the Democra ...
. Although the race was heated, he eventually lost.
He served as a fellow at both the Carol O'Connor Center for the Rocky Mountain West and the Maureen & Mike Mansfield Center at the
University of Montana
The University of Montana (UM) is a public research university in Missoula, Montana. UM is a flagship institution of the Montana University System and its second largest campus. UM reported 10,962 undergraduate and graduate students in the fa ...
. He is currently retired and sits on the board of the Montana State Historical Society. In the
2016 U.S. presidential election
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, he endorsed Democratic Party nominee
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton ( Rodham; born October 26, 1947) is an American politician, diplomat, and former lawyer who served as the 67th United States Secretary of State for President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013, as a United States sen ...
.
References
External links
Bob Brown at ballotpedia.orgGuide to Bob Brown Oral History Project(University of Montana Archives)
Bob Brown Oral History Project(ScholarWorks: University of Montana)
1947 births
Living people
Republican Party Montana state senators
Politicians from Missoula, Montana
Presidents of the Montana Senate
Secretaries of State of Montana
Candidates in the 2004 United States elections
21st-century American politicians
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