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Ed Stafman
2025 - Present
2027
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Ed Stafman (Democratic Party) is a member of the Montana House of Representatives, representing District 59. He assumed office on January 6, 2025. His current term ends on January 4, 2027.
Stafman (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Montana House of Representatives to represent District 59. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Ed Stafman was born in Key West, Florida, and lives in Bozeman, Montana. He received a bachelor's degree from State University of New York at Stony Brook, a graduate degree from Florida State University, and a J.D. His career experience includes working as an attorney and as a rabbi.[1][2] Stafman has volunteered with Family Promise, the Fork and Spoon Café, the Food Bank, and Eagle Mount.[2]
Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Stafman was assigned to the following committees:
- Human Services Committee
- House Legislative Administration Committee, Vice Chair
- House State Administration Committee
2021-2022
Stafman was assigned to the following committees:
Sponsored legislation
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 House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Montana House of Representatives District 59
Incumbent Ed Stafman defeated Marc Greendorfer in the general election for Montana House of Representatives District 59 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Ed Stafman (D) | 62.8 | 4,851 |
![]() | Marc Greendorfer (R) ![]() | 37.2 | 2,871 |
Total votes: 7,722 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Montana House of Representatives District 59
Incumbent Ed Stafman advanced from the Democratic primary for Montana House of Representatives District 59 on June 4, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Ed Stafman | 100.0 | 1,977 |
Total votes: 1,977 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Montana House of Representatives District 59
Marc Greendorfer advanced from the Republican primary for Montana House of Representatives District 59 on June 4, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Marc Greendorfer ![]() | 100.0 | 1,096 |
Total votes: 1,096 | ||||
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Endorsements
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2022
See also: Montana House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Montana House of Representatives District 62
Incumbent Ed Stafman defeated Marc Greendorfer in the general election for Montana House of Representatives District 62 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Ed Stafman (D) ![]() | 72.9 | 4,734 |
![]() | Marc Greendorfer (R) ![]() | 27.1 | 1,762 |
Total votes: 6,496 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Montana House of Representatives District 62
Incumbent Ed Stafman advanced from the Democratic primary for Montana House of Representatives District 62 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Ed Stafman ![]() | 100.0 | 2,151 |
Total votes: 2,151 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Montana House of Representatives District 62
Marc Greendorfer advanced from the Republican primary for Montana House of Representatives District 62 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Marc Greendorfer ![]() | 100.0 | 827 |
Total votes: 827 | ||||
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Endorsements
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2020
See also: Montana House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Montana House of Representatives District 62
Ed Stafman defeated Francis Wendt in the general election for Montana House of Representatives District 62 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Ed Stafman (D) ![]() | 74.0 | 5,924 |
![]() | Francis Wendt (L) | 26.0 | 2,079 |
Total votes: 8,003 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Montana House of Representatives District 62
Ed Stafman advanced from the Democratic primary for Montana House of Representatives District 62 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Ed Stafman ![]() | 100.0 | 2,757 |
Total votes: 2,757 | ||||
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Libertarian primary election
The Libertarian primary election was canceled. Francis Wendt advanced from the Libertarian primary for Montana House of Representatives District 62.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2022
Ed Stafman completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Stafman's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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|- Rising housing costs, rents, and property taxes are making it difficult for people to live in Bozeman, and difficult for local businesses to find employees. Workforce issues have especially hit healthcare and schools.. I support policies which will result in building more homes for people who live here, as opposed to out of state second homeowners and short term investors, who remove homes from prospective residents. I also support lowering property taxes for those whose homes are their primary residence, and for a local option sales tax that focuses on luxury items for tourists who use our roads and parks. Also, the State must pay its fair share of education and medicaid expenses, rather than passing those expenses on to homeowners.
- I support our Montana constitutional right to a clean and healthful environment. As we confront the climate crisis, we must reduce our reliance on fossil fuels through a combination of energy conservation, energy efficiency, and the development of clean, renewable, and reliable energy sources. We can achieve this goal AND create or provide transitions into good Montana jobs. Also, as a hiker, biker, skier, and kayaker, I’m committed to keeping Montana pristine and will always advocate for our environment, preserving our public lands for recreation, hunting, and fishing. I’m proud to be endorsed by the Montana Conservation Voters, the Montana Sierra Club, and to have 100% ratings from several conservation groups that publish ratings.
- i support the right to privacy laid out in Montana's constitution, and all that it protects, including families' and women's health care decisions. While the Montana Republican party platform calls for a ban on all abortion, and rejected exceptions for rape, incest or the health of the mother, I believe that government has no business inserting itself between a woman and her doctor. I also believe in ag-appropriate sex education so as to reduce unwanted pregnancies, as well as protected the right to contraceptives.
Fiction: The Grapes of Wrath
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2020
Ed Stafman completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Stafman's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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|After 25 years of law practice, inspired by Jewish teachings on seeing the unique light in every person, I spent 8 years in rabbinic school, simultaneously pursuing a PhD in Religion. I then served Bozeman as its rabbi for the next decade, and now as Rabbi Emeritus. I've been with people at baby namings, marriages, illnesses, and deaths, developing a deep sense of the values we all share as humans.
Interfaith work is a big part of my life. The skills I learned there involve building on commonalities among diverse people, and that will be transferable when working in the legislature. I will be a voice for preserving our precious planet, economic justice, loving our neighbor and the stranger, values which most people share, and we must build on that.
I am married for 36 years with two wonderful adult children. I have been a hospital and hospice chaplain, and have volunteered with many charitable, conservation, justice and music and arts organizations. I'm an avid cyclist, skier, kayaker, hiker, and dog owner.
- Keep public lands public, confront c the climate crisis and conserve our environment
- Promote quality public education from pre-K through University
- Economic justice in the form of a fair minimum wage, affordable healthcare, protecting medicaid expansion.
Promoting quality public education from pre-K through University
Fiction: The Glass Bead Game, by Hermann Hesse
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2024
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2023
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In 2023, the Montana State Legislature was in session from January 2 to May 2.
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2022
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In 2022, the Montana State Legislature was not in session. |
2021
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In 2021, the Montana State Legislature was in session from January 4 to April 29.
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Candidate Montana House of Representatives District 59 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on June 8, 2020
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Elect Ed Stafman, "About," accessed January 25, 2021
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Preceded by - |
Montana House of Representatives District 59 2025-Present |
Succeeded by - |
Preceded by Tom Woods (D) |
Montana House of Representatives District 62 2021-2025 |
Succeeded by - |