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Kevin Hamm
Kevin Hamm (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Montana's 2nd Congressional District. He lost in the Democratic primary on June 4, 2024.
Biography
Kevin Hamm was born in Denver, Colorado. Hamm's professional experience includes working as the CEO of Treasure State Internet & Telegraph from 2018 to 2023. He became the CEO of Auxilyum Technologies in 2018.[1][2]
Elections
2024
See also: Montana's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024
Montana's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024 (June 4 Democratic primary)
Montana's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024 (June 4 Republican primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Montana District 2
Troy Downing defeated John B. Driscoll, Reilly Neill, and John Metzger in the general election for U.S. House Montana District 2 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Troy Downing (R) | 65.7 | 181,832 |
 | John B. Driscoll (D) | 33.9 | 93,713 | |
 | Reilly Neill (D) (Write-in)  | 0.4 | 1,058 | |
 | John Metzger (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 40 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 9 | ||
| Total votes: 276,652 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Montana District 2
John B. Driscoll defeated Steve Held, Ming Cabrera, and Kevin Hamm in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Montana District 2 on June 4, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John B. Driscoll | 33.3 | 13,420 |
 | Steve Held | 26.4 | 10,649 | |
 | Ming Cabrera | 20.9 | 8,408 | |
 | Kevin Hamm | 19.4 | 7,813 | |
| Total votes: 40,290 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Montana District 2
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Montana District 2 on June 4, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Troy Downing | 36.1 | 36,269 |
 | Denny Rehberg | 17.1 | 17,182 | |
 | Stacy Zinn | 13.5 | 13,581 | |
 | Elsie Arntzen | 9.4 | 9,468 | |
 | Kenneth Bogner | 9.0 | 9,026 | |
 | Ric Holden | 7.1 | 7,108 | |
 | Joel G. Krautter | 3.4 | 3,432 | |
| Kyle Austin | 3.2 | 3,177 | ||
 | Edward Walker | 1.2 | 1,168 | |
| Total votes: 100,411 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Matt Rosendale (R)
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Hamm in this election.
2022
See also: Montana Public Service Commission election, 2022
General election
General election for Montana Public Service Commission District 5
Ann Bukacek defeated John Repke in the general election for Montana Public Service Commission District 5 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Ann Bukacek (R) | 56.5 | 54,078 |
 | John Repke (D) | 43.5 | 41,572 | |
| Total votes: 95,650 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Montana Public Service Commission District 5
John Repke defeated Kevin Hamm in the Democratic primary for Montana Public Service Commission District 5 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Repke | 53.7 | 8,820 |
| Kevin Hamm | 46.3 | 7,599 | |
| Total votes: 16,419 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Montana Public Service Commission District 5
Ann Bukacek defeated Derek Skees, Joe Dooling, and Dean Crabb in the Republican primary for Montana Public Service Commission District 5 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ann Bukacek | 31.2 | 11,233 |
 | Derek Skees | 31.0 | 11,146 | |
 | Joe Dooling | 29.0 | 10,442 | |
| Dean Crabb | 8.7 | 3,143 | ||
| Total votes: 35,964 | |||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Kevin Hamm did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign website
Hamm’s campaign website stated the following:
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ON THE ISSUES. RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE
We need to prioritize investments in improving rural roads and bridges. This includes repairing existing infrastructure, building new where necessary, and working to ensure safe and reliable use. Additionally, expanding public transportation options, such as high-speed rail, will enhance mobility for rural Americans, ensuring they have access to vital services, jobs, and education. The need for more access to quality healthcare in rural areas is growing every day. We have a livability divide between rural and urban areas that needs to end. Rural hospitals, clinics, and healthcare centers need worker incentives, financial support, and reduced administrative burdens. Telehealth initiatives must play a role, to reduce travel burdens and improve rural health. Expanded and reliable rural broadband access is critical for not only healthcare, but economic growth, education, and community engagement. We need to promote competition and set policies to ensure rural Montanans have access to the digital era, regardless of their location or income level. To build up Montana’s economy, we must expand and support America’s transition to a clean and sustainable energy future. We do this by encouraging the development and adoption of renewable energy in rural areas. We need to expand energy sovereignty, small-scale production, and energy storage solutions. Whether from solar, wind, or small-scale hydro, Montana long been at the energy forefront. We need to build on our track record to increase reliability and reduce energy costs for all Montanans. From Troy to Ekalaka, there are smart and fair ways to address our challenges with precisely targeted investments, equitable access policies for essential services, and sustainable solutions. PUBLIC LANDS
We need to protect the natural ecosystems, biodiversity, and sensitive habitats within public lands. This involves establishing and maintaining protected areas, national parks, and wildlife refuges to safeguard the environment for future generations. Most of us recognize the urgent need to address climate change. Energy infrastructure projects can accomplish a lot. We must also invest in carbon sequestration, reforestation, and sustainable land management. The right of public access to public lands is a hallmark of Montana. Outdoor tourism is a multi-billion dollar economic driver and major job source for our great state. We should be investing in infrastructure, visitor services, and educational programs, to nurture and grow this economic engine. We should also be expanding opportunities for outdoor recreation while ensuring equitable access for all, regardless of income or background. Recognizing and respecting the sovereign rights of Indigenous peoples is vital to healthy government. This involves collaborating with Indigenous communities on land management, tribal lands restoration, and implementing traditional ecological knowledge. Supporting Indigenous-led conservation efforts and recognizing the historical and cultural significance of public lands is crucial. I commit to promoting sustainable land use practices, including responsible grazing, forestry, agriculture, hunting and recreation. We must prioritize soil health, water conservation, and biodiversity. We must involve local communities, environmental experts and organizations, Indigenous groups, and industry stakeholders in transparent, accountable, science-based decision-making. Investing in innovative approaches to sustainable land management can lead to healthier ecosystems and vibrant rural economies. ABORTION IS HEALTHCARE. It’s 2024. We shouldn’t still be fighting this fight we won in 1972. JFC ON THE ISSUES. SECOND AMENDMENT
No, I don’t want to take your guns. Yes, I have my own. Montanans value our Second Amendment rights, and that’s not something I’m looking to change. We need a balanced approach to this debate, with solutions that reflect our Montana values and encourage other states to learn from us. I support incentivizing hunter and firearm safety to instill Americans with common sense behavior grounded in a healthy respect for guns. I will work to encourage safe storage practices so guns stay out of the hands of dangerous criminals, and away from our innocent children. I will work for accountability measures that enable gun owners, dealers, and manufacturers to take responsibility for their part in keeping guns out of the hands of those who shouldn’t have them and to reward the responsible majority who already do. In short, I support infusing the rest of our nation with a dose of Montana’s gun sense. LIVE & LET LIVE
“Know thy neighbor. Let them be.” Montanans are as famous for waving at everyone we see on back roads as we are for minding our own business. This past legislative cycle we saw the bigots and jerks manhandle the laws to attack a small community spread across Montana with horrible lies and ridiculous meanness. It was the worst of what happens when those who hate have the power to hurt those who cannot fight back. That’s not what Montana is about, and there are so many more fair-minded Montanans who, at the end of the day, would rather build up the state for all than pick on the few and different. I’m not friendly with everyone, but I know that they have the right to be here too. Respect given is respect earned. I’ll protect every Montanan with my own life, unless they are attacking me. And that’s pretty much the Montana way, isn’t it? WORKERS & UNIONS Which should be a duplicative statement. Workers need solidarity so that their labor doesn’t become stolen and hoarded wealth by billionaires. Unions are the best way to do this, and every benefit we enjoy today, from safe working spaces, to weekends, to eight-hour days were hard fought battles that the Unions lead. And won. Lately we’ve seen push back, against a livable wage, against safety at work, and against stopping child labor. We need strong unions again, and supporting them is my commitment to every Montanan. Unions started here, and we can build and regrow them here, too. THE FUTURE WITH COAL & GAS There’s no question that Montana’s fossil fuel industries and the communities that keep them alive have value and I believe in supporting those communities at all costs — even as the global demand for fossil fuels changes. Diversifying industry in Central and Eastern Montana should be a priority for any leader who agrees, but for too long, Republican leaders have denied us that opportunity. It’s strange, because those same leaders aren’t denying themselves a diversified portfolio. Many of the GOP’s loudest voices against investment in diverse energy industries have followed the lead of corporations like ExxonMobil in taking advantage of the growth in all of them; why are the hardworking communities of Montana denied that same opportunity to invest in a future that will survive anything the free market and changing demand can throw at us? It’s time to tell it like it is: Republican leadership doesn’t care about the communities they rely on for our votes. They don’t live here, they don’t know us, and they wouldn’t hesitate to let our communities burn to the ground if it meant they could harness the heat and pick our pockets when it’s over. We need leaders who have no financial incentive to keep our communities dependent on limited industrial opportunities. I’m one of them.[3] |
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| —Kevin Hamm’s campaign website (2024)[4] | ||
2022
Kevin Hamm completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Hamm's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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An active member of his community, he has served on the boards of Queen City Ballet and Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies, as well as founded the Happiness & Joy Foundation (a 501(c)3 that puts on Big Sky Pride, the statewide Pride celebration for Montana). A dedicated patron of the arts, he has been in several productions at Grandstreet Theatre, Cow Tipping Comedy, and many stand-up comedy shows.
These experiences have given him a range of perspectives on a host of issues that impact Montanan's lives, and he has maintained a strong interest in politics and policy throughout. Kev has been fighting for equity and equality for everyone for years, and looks forward to the opportunity to continue that work while serving on the Public Service Commission.- The PSC should be working, and working for the people of Montana. I will be making that my first priority when joining the commission.
- Regulations require smart, caring people to be engaged and to craft them, and they require constant maintenance so they don't do harm. This is key, and it's why I'm running.
- The PSC cannot continue to be riddled with unjust thinking and foolish wastes of time and money. Montana needs people who are willing to put in the effort to get things done, and get them done right.
In the grand scheme of things, I find inspiration in many people, in both their thoughts on what needs to change, and their actions on how to change it. From Harvey Milk to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., to Malcolm X to Larry Kramer to Betty Friedan to Ruth Bader Ginsburg to many others, there are often people who have taken the time to find their cause and express the best of what humanity can be—and I want to be like them. I work hard to make sure that the choices and actions I make are in service to improving life for those in need without ruining life for others. It's not an impossible task, it just takes vision and care, both of which I focus on having.
We have spent nearly 33 years since then, and while many things are solved, others are backsliding. We see totalitarian regimes rise in Belarus and Bulgaria and Hungary and Turkey, and yet we see even more freedom happening with a free Republic of Ireland, a growing and welcoming France, and a unified Germany that is leading the EU in ways we couldn't've predicted. And we see Russian retaliating and invading Ukraine. We have done a lot, but we have so much more to do. And it's going to take thoughtful, smart, engaged people to do it.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on May 9, 2022
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Kevin Hamm," accessed February 1, 2024
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Kevin Hamm for Congress, “Issues,” accessed August 30, 2024
