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John Jay Willoughby
John Jay Willoughby (Republican Party) ran for election for Montana Commissioner of Securities and Insurance, State Auditor. He lost in the Republican primary on June 4, 2024.
Willoughby completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
John Jay Willoughby was born in New Rockford, North Dakota. He graduated from the North Dakota Law Enforcement Academy and attended North Dakota State University. His career experience includes owning an insurance agency. He served as a law enforcement officer in North Dakota for 20 years.[1]
Willoughby has been affiliated with the following organizations:[1]
- Montana POW-MIA Awareness Association
- Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Life Member
- NRA, Life Member
Elections
2024
See also: Montana Commissioner of Securities and Insurance, Auditor election, 2024
General election
General election for Montana Commissioner of Securities and Insurance, State Auditor
James Brown defeated John Repke in the general election for Montana Commissioner of Securities and Insurance, State Auditor on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | James Brown (R) | 61.4 | 358,642 |
 | John Repke (D) | 38.6 | 225,251 | |
| Total votes: 583,893 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Montana Commissioner of Securities and Insurance, State Auditor
John Repke advanced from the Democratic primary for Montana Commissioner of Securities and Insurance, State Auditor on June 4, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Repke | 100.0 | 92,480 |
| Total votes: 92,480 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jordan Ophus (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Montana Commissioner of Securities and Insurance, State Auditor
James Brown defeated John Jay Willoughby in the Republican primary for Montana Commissioner of Securities and Insurance, State Auditor on June 4, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | James Brown | 69.5 | 114,604 |
 | John Jay Willoughby | 30.5 | 50,212 | |
| Total votes: 164,816 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Steve Gunderson (R)
- Keith Brownfield (R)
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Willoughby in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
John Jay Willoughby completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Willoughby's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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First and foremost I'm not a politician. I'm the owner and ceo of an Independent Insurance Agency and have been for 25 years. I office out of Helena but have clients throughout the state. So my knowledge of the insurance industry from both the consumer side as well as the carrier side will be crutial in how the Auditor's Office runs under my guidance. I'm married to my lovely life Nikki, I have three grown children whom all graduated from highschool here in Helena and have moved on in life with families of their own. My greatest title is that of Grandpa I have 6 wonderful grandchildren that time and distance don't allow me to spend near as much time with them as I would like.
I've owned and managed other businesses throughout my life. I grew up and worked on the family farm before entering my career in Law Enforcement where I served the citizens of North Dakota for 20 years.
I came to Montana because of the people, the culture, the hard work ethic and of course for the outdoor opportunities our wonderful state provides for us.
I'm an avid outdoorsman who enjoys hunting, fishing, camping, and back country adventure. I enjoy my time on extended motorcycle rides when time permits and the list goes on and on, but int a nut shell this is who I am. I'm straight forward and to the point and I'm know for getting the job done.- Montana Consumers deserve an Aduitor that isn't using this office as a political stepping stone to further their own career and agenda. I'll work hard to control all the rate increases we are seeing in every single aspect of the insurance industry. We have never seen the insurance industry in the state it is currently in. Insurance carriers across the board are asking for and getting huge double digit increases in the rates they are allowed to charge our citizens. I won't tell you that these rates aren't justified to an extent, but I don't think these increases are being scruinized by the Auditor's Office anywhere near enough. My office will force justification of any & all rate increases under my watch.
- The Auditors Office needs to actively seek out and recruit new insurance providers to do business in Montana. My office will make doing business here a much easier task streamlining all the red tape, while making sure our consumers are protected by quality providers. Allowing more insurance providers into our state will create competition and competition drives price. I fully believe that by bringing in more quality providers we can drive down the cost of insurance in our state. The same method can be used to help drive down the ever rising cost of prescription drug prices.. We need to find ways to make prescriptions available and affordable across the state. My administration will research efforts to do just that.
- The Commissioner of Securities & Insurance Office is a comsumer advocate agency. I vow to protect our seniors and citizens from all those that would try to take advantage of them financially through fruad, theft or deception. My office will aggressively investigate, pursue and prosecute those bad actors to the fullest extent of the Law. The same holds true for any Insurance Provider or their agents that may conduct illict activites within our state. My office will greatly enhance our public education and awareness activities throughout the state. It's our job to keep consumers aware of current scams and trends that are being used to defruad them. I firmly believe we need to be forthright in providing information.
We are the voice of the working class, ranchers, farmers, small business owners, the little guys and gals of this state that work so hard to make a living here and raise a family.
The Auditors job is to make sure those people all have a voice and have an advocate they can trust. We will be there to hear your concerns and do our very best to provide guidance and seer resolutions to whater your insurance concerns may be.
There are many other responsibilites that go along with this office but providing the best quality products and making those products available to our consumers is another key to the office.
You need to be willing to listen to what the concerns are of your citizens.
You need to be honest in how you address those concerns and be willing to provide suggestions on how to solve critical issues.
You must provide leadership and seek ways find resolution to those issues. I believe acting in the best interst of the people that elected you is one of your key responsibilities.
I’m a firm believer that honesty goes a long way and honesty is something that has been greatly lacking in our government on all levels for some time.
My office and those that work in it will have to follow and adhere to these core beliefs or they will need to seek postions they are more comfortable with.
My Office may not always have the answers but we will always listen to your concerns and we will always follow up as a result of any complaint or concern you have, anything less is not acceptable.
The Auditor needs to be proavtive to situations as they arise instead of reactive. The Office is responsible for many moving parts related to Securities and Investments, Insurance, Licensing, Compliance, Continuing Education, Investigations, Consumer Compaints and numerous other working components.
I was 7 years old and we were in the family car on vacation.
I remember the sad in my parents voices and that both were extremely upset saying My God not again!
I was barely 3 when John F Kennedy was assassinated and I think my memories of that are more from replays over the TV as years went by.
Budgets are set to be followed and we need to follow those budgets instead of contantly moving the goal post. The private sector, the general public, for the matter your own household has to follow a budget and the government should be no different.
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See also
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