Laurie Bishop
Member of the Montana House of Representatives
from the 60th district
Assumed office
January 2, 2017
Preceded byDebra Lamm
Personal details
Born1970 (age 53–54)
Rochester, New York, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseStorrs Bishop
Children3
Residence(s)Livingston, Montana, U.S.
EducationSyracuse University (BA)

Laurie Bishop (born 1970) is an American politician who serves in the Montana House of Representatives from the 60th district since 2017, as a member of the Democratic Party. During her tenure in the state house she served as chair of the Democratic caucus.[1]

Early life and education

Laurie Bishop was born in 1970, in Rochester, New York, and grew up in Illinois and Virginia. She graduated from high school in Ohio, and graduated from Syracuse University with a Bachelor of Arts in sociology. She moved to Montana in 1996.[1][2][3] She has been married to Storrs Bishop, with whom she had three children, for twenty-eight years and reside in Livingston, Montana.[1][3]

Political career

Bishop ran for a seat in the Montana House of Representatives from the 60th district in the 2016 election with the Democratic nomination and defeated incumbent Republican Representative Debra Lamm.[4][5][6] She defeated Republican nominee Dan Skattum in the 2018 election.[7][8] Bishop defeated Republican nominee Joe Lamm, the husband of former Representative Lamm, in the 2020 election.[2][9][10]

Bishop announced on July 1, 2021, that she would seek the Democratic nomination for a seat in the United States House of Representatives from Montana's 2nd congressional district, which had yet to be drawn after being gained in the 2020 census, in 2022.[11] She ended her campaign after redistricting as she was drawn into the more Republican district in eastern Montana.[12]

She served as the chair of the Democratic caucus in the state house during the 2019 session and delivered the Democratic response to Governor Greg Gianforte's State of the State Address in 2021.[2][13]

LGBTQIA+ rights

Bishop supports transgender rights and supports providing gender affirming care to youth that identify as transgender.[14][15]

Electoral history

2016 Montana House of Representatives 60th district Democratic primary[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Laurie Bishop 1,426 100.00%
Total votes 1,426 100.00%
2016 Montana House of Representatives 60th district election[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Laurie Bishop 2,858 52.30%
Republican Debra Lamm (incumbent) 2,607 47.70%
Total votes 5,465 100.00%
2018 Montana House of Representatives 60th district Democratic primary[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Laurie Bishop (incumbent) 1,552 100.00%
Total votes 1,552 100.00%
2018 Montana House of Representatives 60th district election[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Laurie Bishop (incumbent) 3,232 57.52%
Republican Dan Skattum 2,387 42.49%
Total votes 5,619 100.00%
2020 Montana House of Representatives 60th district Democratic primary[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Laurie Bishop (incumbent) 2,098 100.00%
Total votes 2,098 100.00%
2020 Montana House of Representatives 60th district election[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Laurie Bishop (incumbent) 3,776 56.33%
Republican Joe Lamm 2,927 43.67%
Total votes 6,703 100.00%

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Copper Book: Lawmakers of Montana, Legislative Session of 2021". Montana State Legislature. Montana Legislative Services Division. p. 34. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Incumbent Bishop, Lamm meet in race for HD60". Bozeman Daily Chronicle. October 15, 2020. Archived from the original on July 9, 2021.
  3. 1 2 "House District 60". Billings Gazette. October 4, 2020. p. E22. Archived from the original on July 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Districts". Independent Record. October 16, 2016. p. A7. Archived from the original on July 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. 1 2 "2016 Legislative Primary Election Canvass" (PDF). Secretary of State of Montana. p. 13. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 3, 2021.
  6. 1 2 "2016 Legislative General Election Canvass" (PDF). Secretary of State of Montana. p. 12. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 3, 2021.
  7. 1 2 "2018 Legislative Primary Election Canvass" (PDF). Secretary of State of Montana. p. 13. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 2, 2021.
  8. 1 2 "2018 Legislative General Election Canvass" (PDF). Secretary of State of Montana. p. 12. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 2, 2021.
  9. 1 2 "2020 Legislative Primary Election Canvass" (PDF). Secretary of State of Montana. p. 12. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 2, 2021.
  10. 1 2 "2020 Legislative General Election Canvass" (PDF). Secretary of State of Montana. p. 11. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 2, 2021.
  11. ↑ "Laurie Bishop announces run for Congress". Livingston Enterprise. July 1, 2021. Archived from the original on July 9, 2021.
  12. ↑ "Bishop leaves race for Montana's western U.S. House seat". Montana Public Radio. November 17, 2021. Archived from the original on November 22, 2021.
  13. ↑ "Livingston Representative Laurie Bishop Delivered The Democratic Response To State Of State Address Thursday Evening". Northern Broadcasting System. January 29, 2021. Archived from the original on July 9, 2021.
  14. ↑ "Ban on gender-affirming care for minors approaches House passage". NBC News. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  15. ↑ "Three states mulling protections for gender-affirming health care". Retrieved 29 December 2022.
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