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Ken Miller (Montana)
Ken Miller was a special election candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the At-Large Congressional District of Montana.[1]
Miller was a 2012 Republican candidate for Governor of Montana in the 2012 elections. He and his running mate, Bill Gallagher, finished third in the June 5th primary election.[2]
Biography
Miller was raised on a family farm and spend time as a bull rider in his youth. He started a construction and roofing business in 1979 and since then has opened several more construction, retail, management and manufacturing businesses. He was elected to the Montana State Senate in 1995 and served two consecutive terms.[3]
Elections
2017
Miller was a candidate in the special election for Montana's At-Large Congressional District. He was not chosen to be the Republican nominee.[1]
2012
Hill sought the Republican nomination for Governor of Montana. He and his running mate, Bill Gallagher, finished third in the June 5 primary election.[2]
Issues
On his campaign website, Miller highlights his position on the following issues:[4]
- Job creation by getting government out of the way and:
- - Restore Montana to the Treasure State, utilizing our natural resources.
- -Eliminate frivolous lawsuits.
- -Reform work-comp system to be more responsive with much lower rates.
- -Lower costs for doing business in Montana.
- -Reform Montana Constitution to pro-business document.
- -Reduce government and its debt burden on tax payers.
- Stronger education system, focused on quality and accountability
- -Establish alternative education opportunities.
- -Reward good teachers and replace poor teachers
- -Reform Montana Constitution to allow alternatives in education.
- -Fund higher education with Opportunity Scholarships.
- -Reduce administration costs.
- Protect our heritage, states' rights and private property rights including:
- -Control wolf infiltration which is destroying our wildlife and harming agriculture.
- -Protect our 2nd amendment rights.
- -Eliminate state and federal debt.
- -Protect our traditional family structure.
- -Protect life at all stages.
- -Stand with states like Arizona demanding immigration law enforcement.
- -Require drug test for entitlements.
- -Require English as official language.
2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
| Ken Miller | |
| Republican National Convention, 2016 | |
| Status: | Delegate |
| State: | Montana |
| Bound to: | Donald Trump |
| Delegates to the RNC 2016 | |
| Calendar and delegate rules overview • Types of delegates • Delegate rules by state • State election law and delegates • Delegates by state | |
Miller was a delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Montana. All 27 delegates from Montana were bound by state party rules to support Donald Trump at the convention.[5] As of July 13, 2016, Trump had approximately 1,542 delegates. The winner of the Republican nomination needed the support of 1,237 delegates. Trump formally won the nomination on July 19, 2016.
Delegate rules
Delegates from Montana to the 2016 Republican National Convention were elected at the state convention in May 2016 and allocated to the winner of the statewide primary. Montana's delegates were bound on the first ballot unless their candidate's name was not placed in nomination at the convention.
Montana primary results
- See also: Presidential election in Montana, 2016
| Montana Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
 Donald Trump |
73.7% | 115,594 | 27 | |
| Ted Cruz | 9.4% | 14,682 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 6.9% | 10,777 | 0 | |
| Jeb Bush | 2.1% | 3,274 | 0 | |
| Marco Rubio | 3.3% | 5,192 | 0 | |
| Other | 4.7% | 7,369 | 0 | |
| Totals | 156,888 | 27 | ||
| Source: The New York Times and Montana Secretary of State | ||||
Delegate allocation
Montana had 27 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, three were district-level delegates (representing the state's single congressional district), and 21 served as at-large delegates. Montana's district and at-large delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the plurality winner of the statewide primary vote received all of the state's district and at-large delegates.[6][7]
In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention. The RNC delegates were required to pledge their support to the winner of the state's primary.[6][7]
Recent news
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See also
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bozeman Daily Chronicle, "Former GOP chair and state senator Ken Miller seeks nomination to replace Zinke," January 16, 2017
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Montana Secretary of State, "Unofficial results: June 5, 2012
- ↑ Miller4Governor.com, "About Ken Miller and Bill Gallagher," accessed June 5, 2012
- ↑ Miller 4 Governor.com, "Issues," accessed June 5, 2012
- ↑ Montana GOP, "Montana’s National & Alternate Delegates to the Republican National Convention," accessed June 13, 2016
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
