Joe Balyeat (October 26, 1956 – October 4, 2022) was a former member of the

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. Balyeat was elected as a

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to Senate District 34, representing

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, in 2004. Previously, Balyeat served two terms in the Montana House. Balyeat resigned his Senate Seat in June 2012 to take on the Montana State Director role with

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. He would have been ineligible to run for re-election due to Montana's term limits. Balyeat was found dead from natural causes in Truman Gulch on October 5, 2022. Balyeat had been hunting and did not return when expected.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Balyeat, Joe Living people 1956 births Republican Party Montana state senators Politicians from Great Falls, Montana Republican Party members of the Montana House of Representatives