Art Wittich was a member of the US Coast Guard from 1975 to 1979, as an enlisted quartermaster.
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Art Wittich worked as a firefighter at the US Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management from 1980 to 1983.
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Art Wittich received a JD from University of Montana School of Law in 1985, and began practicing law in Montana that year.
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Art Wittich was legal counsel for the Montana Power Company and for Governor Stan Stephens.
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Art Wittich was a civilian lawyer for the US Coast Guard in Washington, DC from 1992 to 1994.
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Art Wittich then engaged in the private practice of law in Bozeman, Montana at the Art Wittich Law Firm, which had five attorneys as of 2011.
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Art Wittich ran for election to the Montana Senate in 2006, in Senate District 32, covering a portion of Gallatin County.
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Art Wittich ran unopposed in the primary, and lost to Democratic nominee Larry Jent in the general election.
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Art Wittich won election to the state Senate in 2010, and became state Senate majority leader in 2013.
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In 2014, Art Wittich was elected to the Montana House of Representatives, defeating Democratic nominee Ashley Stevick.
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Art Wittich was elected from House District 68, an area surrounding the River Rock area near Belgrade.
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In early 2015, Art Wittich opposed the Medicaid expansion in Montana; as House Human Services Committee chair, he maneuvered in an attempt to block the legislation.
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Art Wittich's effort failed in April 2015, when 13 Republicans joined the entire 41-member Democratic caucus to support the expansion.
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Art Wittich was a Montana delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention, which nominated Donald Trump for president.
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Art Wittich was Montana co-chair of the Trump's 2020 presidential campaign.