Chase Porter Gay
Chase Porter Gay (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Montana State Senate to represent District 47. He lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Gay completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2020
See also: Montana State Senate elections, 2020
General election
General election for Montana State Senate District 47
Incumbent Daniel Salomon defeated Chase Porter Gay and Devin Braaten in the general election for Montana State Senate District 47 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Daniel Salomon (R) | 52.1 | 5,983 |
 | Chase Porter Gay (D)  | 42.8 | 4,918 | |
 | Devin Braaten (L) | 5.1 | 581 | |
| Total votes: 11,482 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Gary Marbut (G)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Montana State Senate District 47
Chase Porter Gay advanced from the Democratic primary for Montana State Senate District 47 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Chase Porter Gay | 100.0 | 2,892 |
| Total votes: 2,892 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Montana State Senate District 47
Incumbent Daniel Salomon advanced from the Republican primary for Montana State Senate District 47 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Daniel Salomon | 100.0 | 2,912 |
| Total votes: 2,912 | |||
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Green primary election
Green primary for Montana State Senate District 47
Gary Marbut advanced from the Green primary for Montana State Senate District 47 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Gary Marbut | 100.0 | 14 |
| Total votes: 14 | |||
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Libertarian primary election
The Libertarian primary election was canceled. Devin Braaten advanced from the Libertarian primary for Montana State Senate District 47.
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Chase Porter Gay completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Gay's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- The Montana state legislature made the right decision in 2019 by expanding Medicaid. The work on providing quality, affordable healthcare is not yet done. The cost of prescription drugs continue to rise in our state and this issue must be addressed. Legislation can be introduced to cap the costs of prescription drugs, placing more money into the pockets of our state's residents.
- The ability to access and enjoy Montana's public lands are one of the things that make this the Last Best Place. Naturally, private interests and corporations are desperate to get their hands on what belongs to the people of our state. It is crucial that our public lands remain in public hands and that we do everything we can to protect our lands from outside interests.
- As we await the ratification of the Water Compact at the federal level, it's important that the Montana legislature continues to respect and where possible expand tribal sovereignty. For too long, there has been a push to infringe upon tribal sovereignty and we've seen lately the Lake County Commissioners foolishly push back against the Water Compact. Fighting to protect and expand tribal sovereignty will be an absolute for me in the state legislature.
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See also
2020 Elections
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