district state_senate succeeded birth_place party term birth_date article_title state alma_mater
25th montana kendall van dyk casper , wyoming republican 2006-2010 february 16 , 1951 roy brown -lrb- montana politician -rrb-
 montana montana tech university
roy brown -lrb- montana politician -rrb-

roy brown -lrb- born 1951 in casper , wyoming -rrb- is a former montana state senator from billings , montana senate district 25 .
he served four terms in the montana house of representatives and was elected to the state senate in 2007 .
he was the republican nominee for the governor seat in montana with steve daines in 2008 .
in 2010 , representative kendall van dyk defeated brown in the general election .
