News Release! Pomnichowski for Montana Senate
REP. POMNICHOWSKI ANNOUNCES
RUN FOR MONTANA SENATE
BOZEMAN,
August 1, 2013 – Three-term Rep. JP Pomnichowski of Bozeman Thursday announced
her intention to run for election to the upper chamber of the state legislature
in Senate Dist. 33.
Pomnichowski, 46, decided to run for the state senate when the reapportionment
required after every federal census essentially dismantled her present house
district, reassigning its present area into three other house districts.
“This is a vibrant senate district that includes the city’s newer
neighborhoods, its newest schools and the lion’s share of the major
transportation corridors, plus the historic northeast section, major commercial
areas, downtown Bozeman, the high school and the fairgrounds,” Pomnichowski
explained. “With my experience in the legislature and service on its several
committees, I am confident I can represent this district well. I have worked
hard from the Democratic side of the aisle to forge bipartisan progress in
Helena.”
Senate Dist. 33 is bounded approximately on the north and east by Rouse Avenue
and Interstate 90 and on the south by Story and Babcock Streets. It extends
nearly to Gooch Hill Road on the west.
“Even though formal filing for office doesn’t open until January, today I filed
with the Montana Commissioner of Political Practices my statement of candidacy
allowing me to start organizing a campaign,” said Pomnichowski, a
fifth-generation Montanan who has lived in Bozeman since 1985. Born and raised
in Great Falls, she graduated from C.M. Russell High School there and from
Montana State University in 1991.
In her previous sessions, Pomnichowski has
served as Vice Chair of the House Natural Resources and House Taxation
committees. She has actively supported job-creation laws and sponsored
legislation for Montana sportsmen and women and small businesses. She has voted
for economic development, for two tuition freezes for Montana university
students, and after the 2009 natural gas explosion and fire in downtown
Bozeman, passed a law to protect the property values of the entire Bozeman
Downtown district. She has supported legislation for veterans and seniors.
In previous campaigns, Pomnichowski has been endorsed by Montana
Conservation Voters, Montana Education Association-Montana Federation of
Teachers (MEA-MFT), the AFL-CIO, and Montana Game Wardens Association.
Pomnichowski served as chair of the Bozeman planning board for several years,
has worked to guarantee a safe city water supply and has actively promoted
educational and research construction and improvements at Montana State
University. She voted for appropriations to help build the new Bozeman Public
Library. She and her husband live in southwest Bozeman near the Museum of the
Rockies, which they have supported for many years.
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