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Gordon Vance
| Gordon Vance | ||
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| Montana House of Representatives, District 67 | ||
| Incumbent | ||
| In office | ||
| 2009 - Present | ||
| Term ends | ||
| January 5, 2015 | ||
| Years in position | 4 | |
| Party | Republican | |
| Leadership | ||
| State House Majority Leader | ||
| 2013 - present | ||
| Compensation | ||
| Base salary | $82.64/day | |
| Per diem | $105.31/day | |
| Elections and appointments | ||
| Last election | November 6, 2012 | |
| First elected | 2008 | |
| Next election | November 4, 2014 | |
| Term limits | 4 terms (8 years) | |
| Personal | ||
| Birthday | 12/17/1951 | |
| Place of birth | Great Falls, MT | |
| Religion | Montana State University, 1975 | |
| Websites | ||
| Office website | ||
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Vance's professional experience includes working as the following; general manager at Power Play Motorsports, sales manager at Team Bozeman, owner of a car store, and sales manager at Bozeman Ford.
Vance earned his B.A. in political science from Montana State University in 1975.
Committee assignments
2013-2014
At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Vance served on the following committees:
| Montana Committee Assignments, 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| • Fish, Wildlife and Parks | ||||
| • Human Services | ||||
| • Legislative Administration | ||||
| • Rules | ||||
| • State Administration | ||||
2011-2012
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Vance served on these committees:
| Montana Committee Assignments, 2011 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| • Business and Labor | ||||
| • Local Government | ||||
| • Transportation, Chair | ||||
2009-2010
In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Vance served on these committees:
| Montana Committee Assignments, 2009 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| • Business and Labor | ||||
| • Local Government | ||||
| • Transportation, Vice Chair | ||||
Issues
Workers comp. and immigration
Vance sponsored a bill that would prohibit illegal immigrants from being able to college workers' compensation. He told the state Judiciary committee that the idea for House Bill 71 comes from his experience with the workers’ compensation issue when he was on the Legislature’s Economic Interim Advisory Committee that examined the costs of the program.
“We are the best of something apparently because we have the highest workers’ compensation rates in the country,” he said.
Several lawyers spoke up to say this bill would bring lawsuits.
Immigration attorney Shahid Haque-Hausrath warned lawmakers the bill would bring unintended consequences. Employers could hire more undocumented workers in order to beat workers’ compensation costs.
“This bill would do nothing to deter illegal immigration,” he said.
Haque-Hausrath added that employees not covered by worker’s compensation would simply file a grievance in court.
“There is simply no need for this bill,” he said.[1]
Elections
2012
Vance won re-election in the 2012 election for Montana House of Representatives, District 67. Vance ran unopposed in the June 5 primary election and was unchallenged in the general election which took place on November 6, 2012.[2][3]
2010
On November 2, 2010 Vance won election to the Montana House of Representatives. He did not have any opposition in the June 8 primary. Jim Elder ran for the seat on the Democratic ticket. The general election took place on November 2, 2010.
| Montana House of Representatives, District 67 General Election (2010) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | |||
 Gordon Vance (R)
|
3,171 | |||
| Jim Elder (D) | 1,269 | |||
2008
On November 4, 2008 Gordon Vance won the seat to the Montana House of Representatives for District 67, receiving 3,960 votes.
Vance raised $5,700 for his campaign.[4]
| Montana House of Representatives, District 67 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | |||
| Gordon Vance (R)
|
3,960 | |||
| Joel Steinmetz (D) | 2,164 | |||
Campaign donors
2012
Campaign donor information is not yet available for this year.
2010
In 2010, a year in which Vance was up for re-election, he collected $8,090 in donations.[5]
No contributions to his campaign were over $1,000.
Personal
Vance and his wife, Shelley, have four children.
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External links
- Montana House of Representatives - Rep. Gordon Vance
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
- Legislative profile from Project Vote Smart
- Campaign contributions: 2012, 2010, 2010, 2008, 2006
References
- ↑ "Lawsuits may follow if state denies workers’ comp to illegal immigrants," Montana Watchdog, January 10, 2011
- ↑ Montana Secretary of State - 2012 Candidate Filing List
- ↑ Montana Secretary of State, Official 2012 Primary Results
- ↑ 2008 Follow the Money's report on Gordon's 2008 campaign contributions
- ↑ 2010 campaign contributions
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