Steve Daines
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United States Senator from Montana |
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Assumed office January 3, 2015 Serving with Jon Tester |
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| Preceded by | John Walsh |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Montana's at-large district |
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In office January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Denny Rehberg |
| Succeeded by | Ryan Zinke |
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Steven David Daines August 20, 1962 Van Nuys, California, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Cindy Daines |
| Children | 4 |
| Education | Montana State University, Bozeman (BS) |
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Senate website Campaign website |
Steven David "Steve" Daines (born August 20, 1962) is an American businessman, entrepreneur, and Republican politician who is the junior United States Senator from Montana. He was the United States Representative for Montana's at-large congressional district from 2013 to 2015. In the 2014 election, he won an open U.S. Senate seat, defeating Democrat Amanda Curtis.
Daines was born in Van Nuys, California, the son of Sharon R. (née Erickson) and Clair W. Daines. He moved to Montana with his parents when he was two years old. He was raised in Bozeman, Montana where he attended school from kindergarten through college.
Although born in California, he asserts that he is a fifth-generation Montanan, based on having a direct family line of people who have lived in Montana since his great-great-grandmother Karine Dyrud immigrated from Norway to Minnesota in 1869, and later moved to Montana. Both his parents grew up in Billings, Montana, and returned to Montana to start their own home-construction business.
Daines graduated from Bozeman High School, where he served as class president. He earned a bachelor of science degree in Chemical Engineering from Montana State University. His partner in Public Forum Debate was U.S. Ambassador to the Russian Federation Michael McFaul.
In his senior year, he was one of the youngest delegates at the 1984 Republican National Convention. "I was a big fan of Ronald Reagan. He was the first president I got to vote for." Daines was also the president of MSU College Republicans. In 2007, he and his wife started a web site called GiveItBack.com, which urged governor Brian Schweitzer to return the state's $1 billion surplus to the taxpayers. In 2007–08, he served as state chairman for Republican Mike Huckabee's presidential campaign.
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