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Denley Loge
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Montana State Senate District 45
Tenure

2025 - Present

Term ends

2029

Years in position

0

Prior offices
Montana House of Representatives District 14

Compensation

Base salary

$104.86/legislative day

Per diem

$171/day

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Education

High school

St. Regis High School

Bachelor's

University of Montana

Personal
Birthplace
Valley City, N.D.
Contact

Denley Loge (Republican Party) is a member of the Montana State Senate, representing District 45. He assumed office on January 6, 2025. His current term ends on January 3, 2029.

Loge (Republican Party) ran for election to the Montana State Senate to represent District 45. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Denley Loge was born in Valley City, North Dakota. He earned a high school diploma from St. Regis High School and a bachelor's degree from the University of Montana. His career experience includes working as a rancher and in highway maintenance and construction.[1]

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Loge was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Loge was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Loge was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.

Elections

2024

See also: Montana State Senate elections, 2024

General election

General election for Montana State Senate District 45

Denley Loge defeated Devin Jackson and Kelley Durbin-Williams in the general election for Montana State Senate District 45 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Denley Loge
Denley Loge (R)
 
59.0
 
7,714
Image of Devin Jackson
Devin Jackson (D) Candidate Connection
 
33.1
 
4,321
Kelley Durbin-Williams (Independent)
 
7.9
 
1,029

Total votes: 13,064
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Montana State Senate District 45

Devin Jackson advanced from the Democratic primary for Montana State Senate District 45 on June 4, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Devin Jackson
Devin Jackson Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
2,031

Total votes: 2,031
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Montana State Senate District 45

Denley Loge defeated Annamarie White in the Republican primary for Montana State Senate District 45 on June 4, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Denley Loge
Denley Loge
 
70.8
 
2,952
Annamarie White
 
29.2
 
1,218

Total votes: 4,170
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2022

See also: Montana House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Montana House of Representatives District 14

Incumbent Denley Loge won election in the general election for Montana House of Representatives District 14 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Denley Loge
Denley Loge (R)
 
100.0
 
4,231

Total votes: 4,231
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Montana House of Representatives District 14

Incumbent Denley Loge defeated Randy Mitchell in the Republican primary for Montana House of Representatives District 14 on June 7, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Denley Loge
Denley Loge
 
66.0
 
1,914
Randy Mitchell
 
34.0
 
985

Total votes: 2,899
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2020

See also: Montana House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Montana House of Representatives District 14

Incumbent Denley Loge defeated Mark French in the general election for Montana House of Representatives District 14 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Denley Loge
Denley Loge (R)
 
99.9
 
5,185
Mark French (Independent) (Write-in)
 
0.1
 
3

Total votes: 5,188
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Montana House of Representatives District 14

Incumbent Denley Loge defeated Mark French in the Republican primary for Montana House of Representatives District 14 on June 2, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Denley Loge
Denley Loge
 
70.7
 
1,950
Mark French
 
29.3
 
810

Total votes: 2,760
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2018

See also: Montana House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Montana House of Representatives District 14

Incumbent Denley Loge defeated Diane Magone in the general election for Montana House of Representatives District 14 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Denley Loge
Denley Loge (R)
 
73.1
 
3,590
Diane Magone (D)
 
26.9
 
1,321

Total votes: 4,911
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Montana House of Representatives District 14

Diane Magone advanced from the Democratic primary for Montana House of Representatives District 14 on June 5, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Diane Magone
 
100.0
 
745

Total votes: 745
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Montana House of Representatives District 14

Incumbent Denley Loge defeated James Mortenson in the Republican primary for Montana House of Representatives District 14 on June 5, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Denley Loge
Denley Loge
 
68.2
 
1,312
James Mortenson
 
31.8
 
612

Total votes: 1,924
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2016

See also: Montana House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Montana House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election was held on June 7, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was March 14, 2016. Incumbent Nicholas Schwaderer (R) did not seek re-election.

Denley Loge defeated Bryan Foster in the Montana House of Representatives District 14 general election.[2][3]

Montana House of Representatives, District 14 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Denley Loge 77.74% 3,681
     Democratic Bryan Foster 22.26% 1,054
Total Votes 4,735
Source: Montana Secretary of State


Bryan Foster ran unopposed in the Montana House of Representatives District 14 Democratic primary.[4][5]

Montana House of Representatives, District 14 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Bryan Foster  (unopposed)


Denley Loge defeated Charles Woolley in the Montana House of Representatives District 14 Republican primary.[6][7]

Montana House of Representatives, District 14 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Denley Loge 51.81% 1,074
     Republican Charles Woolley 48.19% 999
Total Votes 2,073
Source: Montana Secretary of State

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

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2020

Denley Loge did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2016

Loge's campaign website highlighted the following issues:

Denley will be a strong advocate for responsible resource management and resource jobs.

His top issues are citizen involvement in land use issues and water rights; education; and improvements to our deteriorating infrastructure, including the roads and bridges that are critical to residents of Mineral County, Sanders, County, and western Missoula County.[8]

—Denley Loge[9]

Campaign finance summary


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Denley Loge campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Montana State Senate District 45Won general$46,891 $0
2022Montana House of Representatives District 14Won general$25,423 $0
2020Montana House of Representatives District 14Won general$8,649 N/A**
2018Montana House of Representatives District 14Won general$12,133 N/A**
2016Montana House of Representatives, District 14Won $11,075 N/A**
Grand total$104,171 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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2024


2023


2022


2021


2020


2019


2018


2017






Noteworthy events

Montana Republican Party censure of nine state senators (2025)

In a statement released on April 4, 2025, the Montana Republican Party (MTGOP) executive committee censured nine Republican state senators: Jason Ellsworth, Butch Gillespie, Gregg Hunter, Joshua Kassmier, Gayle Lammers, Denley Loge, Wendy McKamey, Russel Tempel, and Shelley Vance.[10]

A press release published on the MTGOP website on March 13, 2025, stated, in part, "The Montana Republican Party (MTGOP) is strongly rebuking nine Republican state senators who have frequently aligned with Democrats, creating obstacles for the Republican majority in the Senate. Montana voters elected a strong Republican majority last November, expecting leadership that reflects their choices. On Jan. 6th, 2025, the first day of the 69th Legislative session, and continuing to this day, nine Republican Senators have partnered with the Democratic minority to overrule Republican leadership...The MTGOP calls on these senators to cease obstructing key Republican priorities and return to the faithful representation of their constituents and the Republican platform. If their actions continue to damage the integrity of the Republican majority, the party will consider additional steps to address the situation."[11] [12][10]

According to the MTGOP, the party's executive committee unanimously voted to censure the senators during a meeting held on March 27, 2025.[13] As part of the censure, the senators would no longer be acknowledged by the MTGOP as Republicans, and the party would not grant political funding to them in the future.[12]

In response, the censured senators, with the exception of Sen. Ellsworth, published an open letter to the citizens of Montana saying, "We were elected to serve you, not to follow orders from political insiders...Let’s be clear: this censure is nothing more than a distraction—meant to cover up the fact that party leaders have failed to deliver on the core priorities you sent us here to address...This censure changes nothing. We’ll keep showing up. We’ll keep delivering. And we’ll keep putting Montana first."[14]

During 69th legislative session, Republicans held a majority in the Montana State Senate with 32 of the 50 seats, and Democrats held the remaining 18.


See also


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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
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Montana State Senate District 45
2025-Present
Succeeded by
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Preceded by
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Montana House of Representatives District 14
2017-2025
Succeeded by
-


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