By Denise Rivette
Montana Independent News posed the same for questions to each candidate for governor. All candidates are listed in alphabetical order with links to the answers of those who responded in place of their name. Democrat Ryan Busse is the only gubernatorial candidate to respond.
The questions posed were:
What are the Montana values that will guide your decision-making?
What skills, knowledge and experience do you possess that make you the better candidate?
What are your top priorities to address during your term if you are elected?
What legislative language would you propose or support to address those priorities?
The Candidates Are:
Ryan Busse for Governor
By Denise Rivette What are the Montana values that will guide your decision-making? Along with my running mate, Raph Graybill, who’s a proven defender of Montana’s Constitution, I’m running to get your Montana back. I’ve always stood up for the things I love and believe in. I’m a former Republican. But when the Bush Administration threatened public land in Montana, I stood up to my own party to fight—successfully—to protect that land. I stood up to extremism in my own firearms industry. Now, as a moderate Democrat, I’m standing up to a Montana changing for the worse—a Montana that’s become unaffordable, less free, more divided and less accessible over the past three-and-a-half years. I’m deeply concerned about the dangerous direction of our state, and I believe now more than ever, Montanans need a governor who is