U.S. Representatives (Current Session)

DOWNING, Troy, a Representative from Montana

Born March 4, 1967
Graduated from Indio High School, Indio, Calif., 1985
Attended New York University, New York, N.Y.
United States Air Force, 2001–2009
Teacher
Business owner
Unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the United States Senate in 2018
Montana state auditor, 2021–2024
Elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress (January 3, 2025–present)

Position	Party	Session of Congress	Years
Representative	Republican	119	2025-2026

ZINKE, Ryan K., a Representative from Montana

Born in Bozeman, Gallatin County, Mont., November 1, 1961
Graduated from Whitefish High School, Whitefish, Mont., 1980
B.S., University of Oregon, Eugene, Ore., 1984
M.B.A., National University, San Diego, Calif., 1991
M.S., University of San Diego, San Diego, Calif., 2003
United States Navy, 1985–2008
Business executive
Member of the Montana state senate, 2009–2012
Unsuccessful candidate for nomination for lieutenant governor of Montana in 2012
Elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Fourteenth and to the succeeding Congress until his resignation on March 1, 2017 (January 3, 2015–March 1, 2017)
Secretary of the Interior in the Cabinet of President Donald J. Trump, 2017–2018
Elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Eighteenth and to the succeeding Congress (January 3, 2023–present)

Position	Party	Session of Congress	Years
Representative	Republican	114	2015-2016
Representative	Republican	115	2017-2018
Representative	Republican	118	2023-2024
Representative	Republican	119	2025-2026

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