Amanda Curtis
| Amanda Curtis | |
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| Member of the Montana House of Representatives from the 74th district |
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Assumed office January 2, 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Pat Noonan |
| Member of the Montana House of Representatives from the 76th district |
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In office January 7, 2013 – January 7, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Jon Sesso |
| Succeeded by | Ryan Lynch |
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Amanda Gayle Morse September 10, 1979 Billings, Montana, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Kevin Curtis (m. 2001) |
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University of Montana, Tech (BS) University of Montana, Western University of Montana, Missoula (MEd) |
Amanda Gayle Curtis (née Morse, born September 10, 1979) is a Democratic Party politician and member of the Montana House of Representatives, representing Butte, Montana in House District 74. A teacher by profession, Curtis has been teaching math and physics since 2006 and while the Montana Legislature was out of session, continued to teach.
Curtis was chosen to replace John Walsh as Montana's Democratic Senate nominee in the 2014 election after Walsh dropped out.
Curtis' parents divorced when she was four years old. During her childhood, she credits the union benefits and health insurance earned through her father's work for allowing her to obtain health care, including basic vision and dental services. Her family was poor, and her mother struggled with mental illness; the family sometimes relied upon food stamps and endured periods of having their utilities disconnected. Her support of gun measures such as expanded background checks stems directly from the death of her brother, who killed himself playing Russian roulette when he was 16.
Curtis valued education as the way out of poverty. After graduating from Montana Tech of the University of Montana in 2002 with a Bachelor of Science in biology, she went on to the University of Montana Western where she received her secondary teaching certificate in biology and mathematics in 2004. From 2004 to 2006, she worked at Butte Central Catholic High School, teaching math and physics. Between 2006 and 2009, she taught math at Helena Middle School, and since 2009, has worked at Butte High School, also as a math teacher.
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