Montana Candidates for Governor Election Race 2012

Montana Governor Candidates
Montana Candidates for Governor

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Montana candidates for governor will be having their Democrat and Republican gubernatorial primaries in 2012:

Filing Deadlines:
All Parties: March 12, 2012
Write In Candidates: Sept. 28, 2012

Primary Date: June 5, 2012

Montana Governor Election Race

Republican Governor Candidates

Jeff Essmann (R)
Rick Hill (R)
Neil Livingstone (R)
Ken Miller (R)
Jim O'Hara (R)
Corey Stapleton (R)
Keith Winkler (R)
Ryan Zinke (R)

Democrat Governor Candidates

Brian Schweitzer (D)
Shannon Augare (D)
John Bohlinger (D)
Carl Borgquist (D)
Steve Bullock (D)
Larry Jent (D)

Other Governor Candidates

Ron Vandevender (Libertarian)
Ronald Lassle (Independent)

Lieutenant Governor Candidate:
John Bohlinger (D)

SECRETARY OF STATE:
Linda McCulloch (D)
Scott Aspenlieder (R)
Gary Carlson (R)
Brad Johnson (R)
Scott Sales (R)

Montana Candidates for Congress

Denny Rehberg (R)
John Abarr (R)
Roy Brown (R)
Steve Daines (R)
Tyler Gernant (D)
Kim Gillan (D)
Dave Strohmaier (D)
Kendall Van Dyk (D)
Franke Wilmer (D)

 

Montana Senator Candidates

 

Montana History. What every Montana Senator Candidates should know:

St. Mary's Mission was the first permanent white settlement in Montana. Through interactions with Iroquois Indians between 1812 and 1820, the Salish Indians learned about Christianity and Jesuit missionaries (blackrobes) that worked with Indian tribes teaching about agriculture, medicine, and religion. Interest in these “blackrobes” grew among the Salish and, in 1831, four young Salish men were dispatched to St. Louis, Missouri to request a “blackrobe” to return with them to their homeland in the Bitterroot valley. The four Salish men were directed to the home and office of William Clark (of Lewis and Clark fame) to make their request. At that time Clark was in charge of administering the territory they called home. Through the perils of their trip, two of the Indians died at the home of General Clark. The remaining two secured a visit with St. Louis Bishop Joseph Rosati, who assured them that missionaries would be sent to the Bitterroot Valley when funds and missionaries were available in the future.

Again in 1835 and 1837 the Salish dispatched men to St. Louis to request missionaries but to no avail. Finally in 1839 a group of Iroquois and Salish met Father Pierre-Jean DeSmet in Council Bluffs, Iowa. The meeting resulted in Father DeSmet promising to fulfill their request for a missionary the following year.

DeSmet arrived in present-day Stevensville on September 24, 1841, and called the settlement St. Mary’s. Construction of a chapel immediately began, followed by other permanent structures including log cabins and Montana's first pharmacy.

In 1850 Major John Owen arrived in the valley and set up camp north of St. Mary's. In time, Major Owen established a trading post and military strong point named Fort Owen, which served the settlers, Indians, and missionaries in the valley.