Matt Rosendale

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Auditor of Montana
From: January 2, 2017 – present
Predecessor | Monica Lindeen
Successor | Incumbent (no successor)
Former State Senator from Montana's 18th District
From: January 7, 2013 – January 2, 2017
Predecessor | John Brenden
Successor | Steve Hinebauch
Former State Representative from Montana's 38th District
From: January 3, 2011 – January 7, 2013
Predecessor | Dennis Getz
Successor | Alan Doane
Information

Party  | Republican

Spouse(s)  | Jean Rosendale

Matthew Martin “Matt” Rosendale, Sr. (born July 7, 1960, age 62) is a rancher and conservative Republican currently serving as U.S. House of Representative of Montana and formerly serve as Auditor of Montana, having previously been in the state legislature. He is also currently running in the 2020 United States House of Representatives elections from the state's at-large district, having previously and unsuccessfully ran for U.S. Senate in the 2018 midterm elections against Democrat Jon Tester.

## Contents

* 1 Auditor of Montana
* 1.1 2016 election
* 1.2 Tenure
* 2 2018 Senate run
* 3 2020 House run
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Auditor of Montana[edit]

### 2016 election[edit]

Rosendale was elected to become the Auditor of Montana in 2016, defeating Democrat Jesse Laslovich in concurrence with Donald Trump's landslide victory in the state in the presidential race.[1]

### Tenure[edit]

As Montana's state auditor, Rosendale fought to lower prescription drug prices,[2] despite opposition from Big Pharma in addition to the state's leftist governor Steve Bullock.[3] Rosendale also worked to reduce statewide healthcare costs, successfully lowering premium costs.[4]

## 2018 Senate run[edit]

See: 2018 Midterm elections

Rosendale announced in July 2017 his run for U.S. Senate to challenge leftist Democrat Jon Tester,[5] calling out the latter over the “catastrophe of Obamacare”.[6] He later won the Republican primary,[7] having been endorsed by Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, and Mike Lee. Despite strong conservative efforts, however, Rosendale lost the general election to Sen. Tester by less than 4% of the vote,[8] largely due to Tester's incumbency advantage, campaigning as a supposed “moderate”, as well as an overall blue wave in 2018.

## 2020 House run[edit]

See: United States House of Representatives elections, 2020

Rosendale announced in June 2019 his run for U.S. House of Representatives from Montana's at-large district after the seat was vacated by Greg Gianforte, who is running in 2020 in the statewide gubernatorial election.[9] His bid is endorsed by President Trump.[10] Rosendale won his party's primary election with a plurality of 48% of the vote,[11] and will face Democrat Kathleen Williams in the general election.

## References[edit]

1. ↑ Montana Results 2016
2. ↑ Keep fighting to lower prescription drug costs
3. ↑ Bullock vetoes high-profile bill meant to rein in drug prices; says it would do the opposite
4. ↑ Republican Matt Rosendale Lowers Healthcare Costs for Montanans
5. ↑ Republican Matt Rosendale Challenging Montana’s Jon Tester
6. ↑ Senate Candidate Matt Rosendale: We Wouldn’t Have ‘Catastrophe of Obamacare’ Without Jon Tester
7. ↑ Rosendale Wins Montana GOP Senate Primary — Will Take On Dem Tester
8. ↑ Montana Election Results 2018
9. ↑ State Auditor Rosendale Announces for US House
10. ↑ President Trump endorses Rosendale for US House seat
11. ↑ https://sosmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020PrimaryReportStateCanvass.pdf

## External links[edit]

* Official Website
* Matt M. Rosendale | Commissioner of Securities and Insurance
* Matt Rosendale - Ballotpedia

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