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Richard Armerding
Richard Armerding (Libertarian Party) ran for election to the Montana House of Representatives to represent District 97. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Armerding also ran for election to the Montana House of Representatives to represent District 98. He did not appear on the ballot for the Libertarian Party primary on June 4, 2024.
Armerding completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Richard Armerding was born in Lima, Peru. He served in the United States Army from 1973 to 1989. Armerding earned a high school diploma from the Hampden DuBose Academy. He pursued his undergraduate education at Rutgers University and the University of Hawaii and his graduate education at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. His career experience includes working as an international banker specializing in trade, contracts, and industrial finance. As of 2024, Armerding was affiliated with Mountain View Bible Chapel.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Montana House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Montana House of Representatives District 97
Melody Cunningham defeated Nick Knowles and Richard Armerding in the general election for Montana House of Representatives District 97 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Melody Cunningham (D) ![]() | 60.3 | 3,651 | |
Nick Knowles (R) | 35.6 | 2,152 | ||
![]() | Richard Armerding (L) ![]() | 4.1 | 247 |
Total votes: 6,050 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Montana House of Representatives District 97
Melody Cunningham defeated Lisa Verlanic Fowler in the Democratic primary for Montana House of Representatives District 97 on June 4, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Melody Cunningham ![]() | 82.9 | 1,348 | |
Lisa Verlanic Fowler | 17.1 | 278 |
Total votes: 1,626 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Montana House of Representatives District 97
Nick Knowles advanced from the Republican primary for Montana House of Representatives District 97 on June 4, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Nick Knowles | 100.0 | 846 |
Total votes: 846 | ||||
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Libertarian primary election
Libertarian primary for Montana House of Representatives District 97
Richard Armerding advanced from the Libertarian primary for Montana House of Representatives District 97 on June 4, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Richard Armerding ![]() | 100.0 | 5 |
Total votes: 5 | ||||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Armerding in this election.
Pledges
Armerding signed the following pledges.
2022
See also: Montana House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Montana House of Representatives District 98
Bob Carter defeated Sonia Shearer-Hiett and Richard Armerding in the general election for Montana House of Representatives District 98 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Bob Carter (D) ![]() | 59.1 | 2,985 |
Sonia Shearer-Hiett (R) | 36.8 | 1,860 | ||
![]() | Richard Armerding (L) | 4.1 | 208 |
Total votes: 5,053 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Montana House of Representatives District 98
Bob Carter defeated Andy Nelson in the Democratic primary for Montana House of Representatives District 98 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Bob Carter ![]() | 57.4 | 994 |
Andy Nelson | 42.6 | 738 |
Total votes: 1,732 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Montana House of Representatives District 98
Sonia Shearer-Hiett advanced from the Republican primary for Montana House of Representatives District 98 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Sonia Shearer-Hiett | 100.0 | 983 |
Total votes: 983 | ||||
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Libertarian primary election
The Libertarian primary election was canceled. Richard Armerding advanced from the Libertarian primary for Montana House of Representatives District 98.
2020
See also: Montana House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Montana House of Representatives District 98
Incumbent Willis Curdy defeated Nancy Burgoyne and Richard Armerding in the general election for Montana House of Representatives District 98 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Willis Curdy (D) | 58.6 | 3,583 |
Nancy Burgoyne (R) | 36.5 | 2,229 | ||
![]() | Richard Armerding (L) ![]() | 4.9 | 302 |
Total votes: 6,114 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Montana House of Representatives District 98
Incumbent Willis Curdy advanced from the Democratic primary for Montana House of Representatives District 98 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Willis Curdy | 100.0 | 2,141 |
Total votes: 2,141 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Montana House of Representatives District 98
Nancy Burgoyne advanced from the Republican primary for Montana House of Representatives District 98 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Nancy Burgoyne | 100.0 | 1,230 |
Total votes: 1,230 | ||||
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Libertarian primary election
The Libertarian primary election was canceled. Richard Armerding advanced from the Libertarian primary for Montana House of Representatives District 98.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Richard Armerding completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Armerding's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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|- Control of education must be brought back from Washington and managed at a local level with more emphasis given to supporting teachers instead of the bureacracy that the federal government imposes. Parents must have the final say in curricula and texts.
- Control of public lands should be in the hands of the people who will benefit from or suffer the consequences of decisions over use. Faceless bureacrats do not have Montana's interests at heart when they decide how those lands will be used. Who will take better care of our lands than we will?
- Property taxes and income taxes are all a function of demand. When citizens demand more government services, taxes go up. When we become more self-reliant and look for private solutions to services which the government currently provides (inefficiently and expensively), our taxes will come down and our hard-earned money will be well-spent.
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2022
Richard Armerding did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Richard Armerding completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Armerding's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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|- Less government is better than more.
- Policy decisions should be taken at the lowest level of government possible.
- Taxation is theft; if it were not, the tax courts would allow reference to the US Constitution.
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See also
2024 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on March 24, 2020