Joe Read is an American politician and former Republican member of the

Montana House of Representatives The Montana House of Representatives is, with the Montana Senate, one of the two houses of the Montana Legislature. Composed of 100 members, the House elects its leadership every two years. Composition of the House In the event that the parti ...

. He represented House District 15 from 2011 to 2013, and was defeated by Frosty Boss Ribs, who he originally defeated himself in 2010, in the 2012 election. Read received attention in 2011 for introducing a bill that

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is "beneficial to the welfare and business climate of Montana".

Personal life

Read was born in

Ronan, Montana Ronan (Salish: ocqʔetkʷ) is a city in Lake County, Montana, United States. It is on the Flathead Indian Reservation. The population was 1,955 at the 2020 census. History The reservation, on which Ronan is located, was created through the Ju ...

in 1955.

References

Living people Republican Party members of the Montana House of Representatives Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century members of the Montana Legislature {{Montana-politician-stub