Laurie Bishop (born 1970) is an American politician who serves in the

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from the 60th district since 2017, as a member of the

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. During her tenure in the state house she served as chair of the Democratic caucus.

Early life and education

Laurie Bishop was born in 1970, in

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, and grew up in Illinois and Virginia. She graduated from high school in Ohio, and graduated from

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with a

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in sociology. She moved to Montana in 1996. She has been married to Storrs Bishop, with whom she had three children, for twenty-eight years and reside in

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Political career

Bishop ran for a seat in the

from the 60th district in the 2016 election with the Democratic nomination and defeated incumbent

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Representative

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. She defeated Republican nominee Dan Skattum in the 2018 election. Bishop defeated Republican nominee Joe Lamm, the husband of former Representative Lamm, in the 2020 election. Bishop announced on July 1, 2021, that she would seek the Democratic nomination for a seat in the

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from

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, which had yet to be drawn after being gained in the 2020 census, in 2022. She ended her campaign after redistricting as she was drawn into the more Republican district in eastern Montana. She served as the chair of the Democratic caucus in the state house during the 2019 session and delivered the Democratic response to Governor

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's State of the State Address in 2021.

Electoral history

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bishop, Laurie Living people People from Livingston, Montana Syracuse University alumni 21st-century American politicians 21st-century American women politicians Democratic Party members of the Montana House of Representatives Women state legislators in Montana Year of birth uncertain 1970 births