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Americans for Prosperity-Montana

We exist to build a grassroots movement to eliminate the government barriers that prevent people from improving their lives and our world.

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06/04/2026

Last night was a great night for freedom, change, and a brighter future for Montana. Congratulations to AFP-Montana endorsed candidates on their primary election victories:

State Senate:
• Caleb Hinkle (SD-34)
• Steve LaPraim (SD-42)

State House:
• Trevor Funseth (HD-21)
• Finley Warden (HD-13)
• Trevor Walter (HD-69)
• Trish Schreiber (HD-76)
• Kim Dailey (HD-85)

We also congratulate the many other successful candidates in primaries across Montana who share a vision of limited government, lower taxes, greater accountability, and bottom-up empowerment.

While AFP did not endorse in every race, voters across Montana elected a number of reform-minded candidates and, in many cases, chose to replace incumbents who had continued to uphold the status quo and support the growth of government.

The message from voters was clear: Montanans want leaders focused on expanding opportunity, increasing accountability, and putting people ahead of government.

Now it’s time to get to work.

AFP-Montana looks forward to working with legislators in the Capitol to advance policies that make Montana more free, prosperous, and affordable.

Our limited-government priorities remain clear: achieving universal school choice, moving Montana to a flat income tax, advancing meaningful judicial reforms that restore proper checks and balances, reforming burdensome occupational licensing laws, and building on the landmark housing reforms of recent years.

The election is over, but the work begins now.

We now have an opportunity to deliver meaningful reforms and get great legislation to Governor Gianforte’s desk during his final legislative session—creating a stronger future and greater opportunity for all Montanans.

Thank you to everyone who stepped forward to challenge the status quo and fight for a better Montana. Whether you were successful last night or not, we are grateful for your willingness to serve.

Running for office requires tremendous sacrifice—not only from candidates, but from their families, supporters, and volunteers. We appreciate every individual who put their name on the ballot, offered voters a choice, and engaged in the important work of self-government.

05/18/2026

AFP Montana State Director Jesse Ramos' latest column in the New York Post examines a growing national strategy aimed at red states like Montana.

Instead of changing unpopular policies, liberal candidates are increasingly attempting to rebrand themselves as “independents” or “independent-minded” voices while advancing many of the same ideas voters have already rejected.

In Montana, that conversation is playing out in the U.S. Senate race between Kurt Alme and Seth Bodnar to replace Senator Steve Daines

Read the full column below using link in comments.

05/15/2026

"We don't need legislation to rebuild what's ours, we just need Washington to get out of the way, because Montana can once again lead, not just survive, but thrive, not just for Montanans, but for the nation that we helped build...The next great boom is not going to come from Silicon Valley, but from right here in Big Sky country. Our lumber builds America's homes. Our minerals drive America's innovation. Our oil fuels Americans' freedom of movement. And our power keeps the lights on across the Northwest. Montana fuels America, and America needs Montana." —Jesse Ramos, AFP-MT State Director

05/14/2026

When the former MT GOP Chairman and State Senator from this district endorses you, it means something!

05/07/2026

Our State Director, Jesse Ramos, recently spoke out in support of the permitting reform. Too many projects are on hold due to bureaucratic delays. As Jesse says, "Hard work built America. Now endless bureaucracy is holding working people back. The people who want to work are not the problem. The system that won’t let them is."

05/06/2026

Great day in Miles City with freedom-loving Montanans at their Lincoln-Reagan Dinner! 🇺🇸
Our Deputy State Director was honored as the keynoter.

Our message is simple: No more business as usual. We held legislators accountable for their VOTES — not their talking points.
- HB2 = largest spending increase in MT history.
- Medicaid expansion = crowding out the vulnerable and increasing costs to taxpayers
- HB231 providing one time property tax relief to single home-owners.

We need policy majorities! Now we're backing 13 pro-freedom candidates this primary. Time to reduce cost of living, make the American Dream achievable and get government out of the way of people's success.

The transformation starts NOW.

05/03/2026

Representative Llew Jones thinks Montana citizens should face “accountability” for exercising their First Amendment rights when he doesn’t like what they have to say. Now he’s leading a push to slowly regulate political free speech into irrelevance.

That should alarm every person in this state.

Citizens have the right to petition their government without politicians trying to intimidate, regulate, or silence them. Free speech does not require permission from Helena insiders like Jones.

This is about whether Montanans still control their government — or whether career politicians think they can decide which speech is acceptable.

Our State Director, Jesse Ramos, takes it head-on in his latest column for the Flathead Beacon

👇 Read it in the comments.

04/02/2026

Big change doesn’t start in Washington—it starts with people willing to step up in their own communities.
Steve Hinebauch, a rancher from eastern Montana and former state senator, shared why he chose public service: for his family.
As a grandfather of 18 and great-grandfather of 2, he’s thinking about the kind of future they’ll inherit—and the responsibility each of us has to protect it.
That’s how real change happens. Not through talk, but through people who show up.
As America approaches its 250th anniversary, there’s no better time to take that first step.

03/27/2026

Our State Director traveled to Washington, D.C. this week for meetings with Montana’s federal delegation.

We had strong conversations about how to fully unleash the American Dream through Montana’s natural resources — advancing the SPEED Act, building on working family tax cuts, and the work still ahead to get it across the finish line.

Appreciate the leadership and time from Tim Sheehy, Steve Daines, Troy Downing, and Ryan Zinke.

03/24/2026

Our AFP-MT team showed up strong at the Montana GOP Convention—and we didn’t come to sit on the sidelines.
We hosted a Canvassing to Win workshop to a packed room, equipping grassroots leaders with the tools to go out, win votes at the door and make a real impact. Montanans are ready to engage—and we’re giving them a path to do it.
At our booth, we collected “One Small Step” stories—real stories from everyday Montanans who chose to step up and advance liberty and prosperity in their communities. That’s where lasting change begins.
We also reconnected with longtime friends, met new ones, and had honest conversations about the direction of our state—because Montana’s future belongs to all of us, not just those in power.
And we didn’t shy away from accountability.
No matter who is in office—regardless of party—we believe they should be held accountable for their bad votes including:
▪️ Advancing a bloated state budget, increasing spending by 13.5%
▪️ Continuing Obama’s Medicaid expansion, extending coverage to single, aable-bodied, childless adults in a program that has more than doubled in cost within its first four years alone
▪️ Passed a flawed property tax bill that may provide one-time relief to sowners of one home, while shifting the long-term tax burden onto small businesses and Montanans who own more than one property
These decisions have real consequences—and Montanans deserve transparency and accountability.
Separate from our accountability, we also announced our first wave of endorsed candidates—leaders committed to advancing freedom, opportunity, and responsible governance.
This wasn’t just another convention.
It was two days of real conversations, and real momentum for Montana.
And we’re just getting started.

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205 Haggerty Lane
Bozeman, MT
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http://americansforprosperity.org/montana

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