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Mark Nicholson (Montana)
Mark Nicholson (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Montana State Senate to represent District 24. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Nicholson completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Mark Nicholson was born in Glendive, Montana. He earned a bachelor's degree from Carroll College in 1976 and an M.D. from the University of Washington School of Medicine in 1985. His career experience includes working as a physician.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Montana State Senate elections, 2024
General election
General election for Montana State Senate District 24
Mike Yakawich defeated Mark Nicholson in the general election for Montana State Senate District 24 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mike Yakawich (R) | 53.8 | 4,283 |
Mark Nicholson (D)  | 46.2 | 3,675 | ||
| Total votes: 7,958 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Montana State Senate District 24
Mark Nicholson advanced from the Democratic primary for Montana State Senate District 24 on June 4, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Mark Nicholson | 100.0 | 1,272 | |
| Total votes: 1,272 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Montana State Senate District 24
Mike Yakawich advanced from the Republican primary for Montana State Senate District 24 on June 4, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mike Yakawich | 100.0 | 1,736 |
| Total votes: 1,736 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Nicholson in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Mark Nicholson completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Nicholson's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- The next legislative session will need to reauthorize Medicaid expansion.
Continuing Medicaid expansion is the right thing to do for Montana’s people, healthcare systems, economy and the state budget.
Hard-working, low-wage Montanans deserve the access to the general medical care, mental health care and substance use treatment that Medicaid expansion provides.
Medicaid expansion keeps our urban hospitals and clinics financially healthy and our rural critical access hospitals alive.
It supports about 7,500 jobs and generates about $475 million in personal income and $700 million in economic activity.
Finally, between budget savings and increased tax receipts, Medicaid expansion more than pays for the state’s investment. - Montana property tax policy is unfair to residential property owners and renters. We need to fix this. At the very least, we need to decrease the residential property tax rate from 1.35 to 0.94 percent which the Department of Revenue advised in November 2022 and the Republican legislature and Republican governor ignored. The Republicans’ inaction continued a trend of shifting tax responsibilities away from industrial properties, which corporations use to generate income, onto residential properties where people raise their families. This time, the residential share of total property taxes increased 5 percent and the industrial share decreased 5 percent. Montana needs to go back to asking corporations to pay their fair share.
- Democracy is under threat in Montana. Republicans have attempted to outlaw young people’s use of mail in ballots and university ID cards. They also attempted to outlaw same day registration and coordinated native ballot collection. These are clearly attempts to limit people’s ability to vote. Fortunately, the Montana Supreme Court has ruled these laws unconstitutional. At present, a faction in the Montana Senate is seeking to emasculate the Montana Supreme Court because of these rulings that protect our democratic rights. I support our independent Supreme Court as well as our right to vote, to have open government and public participation and the initiative process.
With that in mind, my main focus will be to make health care and especially mental health care affordable for all Montanans.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate Montana State Senate District 24 |
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on May 6, 2024
