district governor predecessor successor birth_place party term_end office birth_date term_start image article_title state name alma_mater
montana al at-large stan stephens marc racicot rick hill allen kolstad steve daines judy martz billings , montana , u.s. republican party january 3 , 2013 january 6 , 1997 26th lieutenant governor of montana 5 october 1955 january 3 , 2001 january 20 , 1991 denny rehberg , official portrait , 111th congress.jpg denny rehberg
 montana denny rehberg montana pullman state university , bozeman washington state university ,
denny rehberg

dennis ray `` denny '' rehberg -lrb- born october 5 , 1955 -rrb- is an american politician and member of the republican party .
he served as the lieutenant governor of montana from 1991 to 1997 and as the u.s. representative for from 2001 to 2013 .
rehberg was the republican nominee for the united states senate in 1996 and 2012 , losing to max baucus 50 % to 45 % and to jon tester 49 % to 45 % , respectively .
he subsequently became a co-chairman at mercury , a washington d.c. lobbying firm .
