Joe Read is an American politician and former

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member of the

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. He represented House District 15 from 2011 to 2013, and was defeated by

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, who he originally defeated himself in 2010, in the 2012 election. Read received attention in 2011 for introducing a bill that

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is "beneficial to the welfare and business climate of Montana".

Personal life

Read was born in

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in 1955.

References

Living people Republican Party members of the Montana House of Representatives Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American legislators 21st-century Montana politicians {{Montana-politician-stub