Mike Fellows (Montana)

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Mike Fellows

Libertarian Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 8, 2016

Contact

Personal website

Mike Fellows was a Libertarian candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent Montana's At-Large Congressional District. Fellows died in a car crash on September 19, 2016. He did not appear on the general election ballot.

Fellows was a 2014 Libertarian candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the At-Large Congressional District of Montana. He ran uncontested for the Libertarian nomination in the primary on June 3, 2014. Fellows was defeated by Ryan Zinke (R) in the general election on November 4, 2014.

Elections

2016

See also: Montana's At-Large Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Ryan Zinke (R) defeated Denise Juneau (D) and Rick Breckenridge (L) in the general election on November 8, 2016. No candidate faced a primary opponent in June.

U.S. House, Montana's At-Large District General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Ryan Zinke Incumbent	56.2%	285,358
	Democratic	Denise Juneau	40.5%	205,919
	Libertarian	Rick Breckenridge	3.3%	16,554
Total Votes				507,831
Source: Montana Secretary of State

2014

See also: United States House of Representatives elections in Montana, 2014

Fellows ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent Montana's At-Large District. Fellows ran uncontested for the Libertarian nomination in the primary on June 3, 2014, before being defeated in the general election on November 4, 2014.

U.S. House, Montana's At-Large District General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Ryan Zinke	55.4%	203,871
	Democratic	John Lewis	40.4%	148,690
	Libertarian	Mike Fellows	4.2%	15,402
Total Votes				367,963
Source: Montana Secretary of State

Campaign themes

2016

The following issues were listed on Fellows' campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here.

“	Gun Rights: The Second Amendment is not about hunting. We must protect our right to own and bear arms. Victim Disarmament known as gun control does not work. If elected as your next congressman I will vote for the Second Amendment and the Bill of Rights and vote no on bad laws like continuing the Semi-Auto Gun Ban and the Brady Bill. People should make their defensive choices in protecting families and property, not the government. A rating Gun Owners of America Pork Spending: Montana moved up to number 7th from 11th in the Citizens Against Government Waste annual pork book in Federal spending. Thanks to our Congressman for his submission of a billion dollars worth of projects. Only 103 million dollars worth were passed before our Congressman decleared he wouldn't submit futher projects. we need to eliminate these re-election pork projects. Any one remember 1.2 million dollars for a Billings ballpark in 2008? Patriot Act: Many people are concerned about civil liberty abuses that may occur with the Patriot Act. Should the government have access to your viewing and reading habits? Should the government use sneak and peek to confiscate computer hardware without due process and without formal charges? Law enforcement needs tools to catch those who infringe on our constitutional rights, but not this act. Spending: Montanans have to balance their household budgets, so should the Federal Government. The Republicans and Democrats are spending over 1.2 Trillion dollars in this budget year and putting the extra spending on the peoples credit card. Our national debt is more then 14-trillion dollars.Our Congressman says this debt is a concern but voted to increase it several times. I will not vote to raise taxes or increase spending. We must balance the budget. Jobs: Jobs are created by the private sector. We don't need more short term unemployment programs from Washington D.C. We need to lower or eliminate tax rates and useless regulation, so that we have a living wage and business can once again start hiring again.	”
—Mike Fellows' campaign website, http://www.votefellows.org/

See also

• United States House of Representatives
• United States House of Representatives elections in Montana, 2014
• United States House of Representatives election in Montana, 2016
• Montana's At-Large Congressional District

External links

Suggest a link

• Campaign website
• Facebook profile

Footnotes

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Montana's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Steve Daines (R)

Tim Sheehy (R)

Representatives

District 1

Ryan Zinke (R)

District 2

Troy Downing (R)

Republican Party (4)