Mike Hebert (Montana)
Michael "Mike" Hebert was a 2014 Republican candidate for District 11 of the Montana House of Representatives.[1]
Campaign themes
2014
Hebert's website highlighted the following campaign themes:
| “ | Education
I stand for parental control over our children’s education in our local schools. I will fight to protect our children from unconstitutional programs like “Common Core” which serve no other purpose than to dumb down their curriculum with false pretenses of higher standards, taking away our positive local influences on their lives, and replacing it with low, federal standards which have proven to be a failure at providing children with success in higher education and career pursuits. I will fight to give them the best education we can provide and we all know we have that ability. We’ve done it in the past and we can do it now. The best way to invest in our future is through our children and the best spent dollar is one spent on providing quality local education. Our children are smart and capable of the challenge. As a legislator I believe in supporting good teachers and curriculum that gives our children opportunities in life. I will demand nothing but the best teachers for our students, I will demand financial accountability from our administrators, and I will demand transparency in what’s being taught to our children to ensure they receive the best education we can provide. Healthcare I want to repeal The Affordable Care Act (“Obama Care”) and all associated agendas with the power we have as a state given to us by the 10th Amendment of the US Constitution. Obama Care, with its deceitful Medicaid expansion scheme, and new off-shoots of it like “Montanans Care” are reckless, leading to higher costs and less medical care. We deserve better. Programs like Obamacare and “Montana Care” destroy doctor-patient relationships by decreasing available care. Many doctors in Montana won’t accept patients on Medicaid and expanding that program would just add to the burden on the shoulders of the state, and more importantly the people who already rely on Medicaid. Montana Care is simply a poor solution – by subsidising doctors to accept more people on Medicaid it just adds to the state’s financial burden and forces doctors to get on-board with Obama Care. I care about Montanan’s access to proper healthcare facilities and good doctors. I don’t want Montanas to be forced into a program that is inferior and won’t provide them with the proper care that they deserve, and I don’t think it’s fair that the tax payer should have to carry the additional burden of making sure that such an inferior program is working. Obamacare is bad for the country, it’s bad for Montana. These agendas will decrease our access to affordable health care, raise our taxes, and will directly effect our state budget – forcing us to cut funds from the important things like education and infrastructure. I want to protect education and make our roads safer. Supporting a program that threatens our status as the most innovative and premiere healthcare provider in the world is insane. Before Obama Care, most people received insurance from their employers. Small businesses are the biggest employers in Montana and are now being forced to cut back hours to meet the excruciating demands of Obama Care. Our duty as Republicans is to make government smaller and work for us, not bigger and work against us. Gun Rights I am one of the strongest advocates for the second amendment as written in the Bill of Rights. My credentials as an Army Veteran, gun owner, NRA member, Firearms instructor, and range safety officer, prove that I will defend our uninhibited rights to own firearms for self defense and recreational purposes. The reason the rights’s of gun ownership come second in the Bill of Rights is because the first right, religious freedom and freedom of speech, had to be defended by the gun in the American Revolution. History has shown that when people are unarmed they fall prey to tyrants and mad men. History repeats itself and even today there are tyrants and mad men living among us. I have promised my life to defend our Constitution and Bill of Rights. The attacks on our freedoms are growing each and every year by people who do not respect you or trust you. Be aware of those masterminds of deceit. I am ready to take them on. I will do all that is possible as your Representative to make sure that you will not lose your rights and freedoms, and where we have lost them already, I will fight to restore them. Water Compact Water compacts are almost always nearly permanent law and rarely reversed. The federal Government and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes are asking Montanans – you and me – to surrender our water rights. This is bold. Giving the US Government and the CSKT tribes supreme ownership and use of all on and off the reservation water forever would allow them to sell to whomever they wish, in state and out of state. Water compacts are nothing new, there have been treaties with the other tribes in Montana, but no other tribe has asked for off-reservation water rights, and the CSKT and the Feds are asking for ten times more water than any other treaty and compact. Water is precious. We need to protect our water rights. Currently some tribal leaders of the CSKT demand all the water rights up to the Canadian border, including the natural aquifers we draw our water from. The eminent domain clause in the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution limits the power of state and federal governments to impinge on the rights of landowners and citizens by prohibiting the enactment of any laws or regulations, including treaties that amount to a “taking” of private property. The Fifth Amendment requires the Federal government to pay the victims. We all need water to drink, grow food and to live happy. Water is essential to life. To take our water is not right, it’s unconstitutional. I vow to vigorously defend the waters of our district, for all the citizens – you and me – and to protect the uninterrupted use of that water for all Montanans, forever. Economy I want to give Montanans more opportunity. One of my many goals in Helena will be to defend Montanan entrepreneurs, inventors, workers, and business owners. Government and politicians do not create jobs. Entrepreneurs create jobs. Strong Businesses provide jobs. Inventors create new industries and Montana’s workers make it all happen. Politicians and Government can only defend and promote the environment for job growth and economic prosperity. Currently Montana has the highest business taxes and lowest paying wages in the country. This kills jobs and economic growth. This must change. I ask then, what can government do to encourage job growth and a stronger more prosperous economy? We must reduce the hurtful regulations that drive business away from our state and eliminate the toxic climate in government that kills jobs. The big loser in all of this is the Montana worker. Hard working Montanans suffer every time Government chases prosperous business out of the state. That means we all suffer. Our community suffers, our infrastructure suffers, and our schools suffer. By reducing heavy tax burdens and unnecessary red-tape we can encourage business and capital expansion in our state that create more, higher paying jobs. Then we all win. I know what it’s like to work hard to earn a wage and I know what it’s like to start a business from scratch. I know what it’s like to be an inventor, an entrepreneur, an employer, and an employee. I am your champion for prosperity. Help me bring about the necessary changes to create a brighter future for Montana’s economy.[2][3] |
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Elections
2014
Elections for the Montana House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 3, 2014, and a general election took place on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 10, 2014; minor party and independent candidates had until June 2, 2014, to file. Kim Fleming was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Albert Olszewski defeated Mike Hebert in the Republican primary. Olszewski defeated Fleming in the general election. Incumbent Greg Hertz (R) ran in District 12.[4][5][6]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican |  Albert Olszewski |
78.1% | 2,755 | |
| Democratic | Kim Fleming | 21.9% | 774 | |
| Total Votes | 3,529 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Albert Olszewski |
58.7% | 917 |
| Mike Hebert | 41.3% | 646 |
| Total Votes | 1,563 | |
Recent news
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See also
- Montana House of Representatives
- Montana House of Representatives elections, 2014
- Montana State Legislature
- Montana House of Representatives District 11
External links
- Official campaign website
- Profile from Farmers Insurance
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
- Official candidate list
Footnotes
- ↑ Montana Secretary of State, "2014 Candidate Filing List: Legislative," accessed April 11, 2014
- ↑ Mike Hebert, "Issues," accessed May 17, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Montana Secretary of State, "2014 Candidate Filing List: Legislative," accessed October 29, 2014
- ↑ Montana Secretary of State, "2014 Statewide Primary Election Canvass," accessed June 30, 2014
- ↑ Montana Secretary of State, "2014 Statewide General Election Canvass," accessed November 16, 2015
