1. Matt Rosendale was elected Montana state auditor in 2016 and held that position from 2017 to 2020.
51 Facts About Matt Rosendale
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Matt Rosendale ran unsuccessfully for the US House of Representatives in 2014 and for the US Senate in 2018.
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Matt Rosendale was elected to represent Montana's at-large congressional district in 2020.
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Only six days later, Matt Rosendale ended his campaign after Donald Trump endorsed his opponent, Tim Sheehy in the Republican primary.
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Matt Rosendale chose to run for re-election to his House seat, but withdrew from that race as well in March 2024.
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Matt Rosendale was born on July 7,1960, in Baltimore, Maryland.
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Matt Rosendale graduated from Queen Anne's County High School in Centreville, Maryland, in 1978.
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Matt Rosendale attended Chesapeake College in Maryland but did not graduate.
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Matt Rosendale is one of three sitting Representatives who hasn't attended college, the other two being Lauren Boebert and Mike Bost.
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Matt Rosendale worked in Maryland in the fields of real estate development and land management before moving with his family to Glendive, Montana, in 2002.
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Matt Rosendale served one two-year term in the Montana House of Representatives.
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Matt Rosendale announced he would run for the Montana House of Representatives to represent House District 38, which covers Wibaux and part of Dawson County.
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Matt Rosendale served one four-year term in the Montana Senate from 2013 to 2017.
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In 2012, with state senator Donald Steinbeisser ineligible for reelection due to term limits, Matt Rosendale announced he would run for the Montana Senate to represent Senate District 19, a heavily Republican district in eastern Montana.
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Matt Rosendale served on the Finance and Claims Committee, the Highways and Transportation Committee and the Natural Resources Committee.
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Matt Rosendale was the primary sponsor of a bill that became law to prevent law enforcement from using drones for surveillance purposes.
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Matt Rosendale chaired the Rules Committee and was a member of the Finance and Claims Committee and Natural Resources and Transportation Committee.
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Matt Rosendale was the primary sponsor of a bill to authorize direct primary care provider plans that passed the legislature before being vetoed by Governor Steve Bullock.
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Matt Rosendale ran for Montana State Auditor in 2016, when incumbent Monica Lindeen was ineligible for reelection due to term limits.
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Matt Rosendale served as Montana state auditor from 2017 to 2020.
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Matt Rosendale refused to accept a pay raise, taking an annual salary of $92,236.
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In 2017, Matt Rosendale proposed legislation that would create a reinsurance program so that individuals with preexisting conditions could access affordable health coverage.
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In 2019, Matt Rosendale proposed legislation targeting pharmacy benefits managers and a practice known as spread pricing.
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Matt Rosendale then announced his candidacy to succeed Daines in the US House of Representatives.
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Days later, Matt Rosendale announced he would run for the open seat.
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Matt Rosendale received early endorsements from elected officials around the country, including Senator Ted Cruz, Senator Rand Paul, House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy, House Republican Whip Steve Scalise and Representative Jim Jordan, as well as the endorsement of the Crow Tribe of Montana.
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Matt Rosendale ran for reelection in the reconstituted second district, which covers the eastern two-thirds of the state and includes Billings, Great Falls, and Helena.
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Matt Rosendale again received Trump's endorsement and won the 2022 Republican primary in the second district.
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Matt Rosendale was sworn in as a member of the House of Representatives on January 3,2021.
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In June 2021, Matt Rosendale was among 21 House Republicans to vote against a resolution to give the Congressional Gold Medal to police officers who defended the US Capitol on January 6.
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Matt Rosendale supported a ban on members of Congress trading stocks.
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Matt Rosendale was among the 71 Republicans who voted against final passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 in the House.
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In June 2021, Matt Rosendale was one of 49 House Republicans to vote to repeal the AUMF against Iraq.
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In September 2021, Matt Rosendale was among 75 House Republicans to vote against the National Defense Authorization Act of 2022, which contains a provision that would require women to be drafted.
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Matt Rosendale was among 19 House Republicans to vote against the final passage of the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act.
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Matt Rosendale issued a statement opposing intervention in Ukraine during the prelude to the Russian invasion.
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On March 2,2022, Matt Rosendale was one of only three House members to vote against a resolution supporting the sovereignty of Ukraine in the face of the Russian invasion.
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In 2022, Matt Rosendale voted against a bill that would provide approximately $14 billion to the government of Ukraine.
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In July 2022, Matt Rosendale was one of 18 Republicans to vote against ratifying Sweden's and Finland's applications for NATO membership.
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On March 1,2023, Matt Rosendale posed for a photo in front of the United States Capitol with a former member of a white supremacist gang and a Nazi sympathizer.
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Matt Rosendale later affirmed his opposition to hate groups and stated that he did not know the two individuals or their affiliations when he was photographed with them.
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On October 3,2023, Florida Republican Representative Matt Rosendale Gaetz filed a motion to vacate the House speakership of California Republican Kevin McCarthy.
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On March 19,2024, Matt Rosendale voted nay on House Resolution 149, which condemned the illegal abduction and forcible transfer of children from Ukraine to the Russian Federation.
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Matt Rosendale was one of nine Republicans to do so.
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In 2017, Matt Rosendale announced he would seek the Republican nomination to challenge two-term incumbent Democratic senator Jon Tester.
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Matt Rosendale, who bought a $2 million ranch near Glendive when he moved to Montana in 2002, said he leased his land and helps run cattle on it.
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Matt Rosendale later removed the "rancher" label from bios on his website and social media accounts.
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Matt Rosendale officially entered the race on February 9,2024; Trump endorsed a different candidate hours later, and Rosendale dropped out a week later.
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Ron Kovach, a Matt Rosendale spokesman, rejected the accusation as false and defamatory, and stated that Heitkamp would be the target of legal action.
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On March 8,2024, Matt Rosendale announced that he would not run for reelection to his House seat, saying that "defamatory rumors" and alleged death threats had impeded his ability to serve.
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Matt Rosendale has served as head of his local Catholic parish council.