Press Release Archive
Gianforte says his health care crisis is ‘working as intended’
Governor has 'neither the business acumen nor the morality to run this state,'...
Candidates demand answers from Gianforte for property tax disparity
Governor's taxes only rose 19% in 2023, while neighbors' taxes rose more than...
VIDEO: After Gianforte’s $5,000 tax hike, his next-door neighbor speaks out
Owner fights tears after Governor slams her family home with $11,680 property...
Gianforte calls his housing crisis a… ‘Montana Miracle’?
Out of state again, Governor takes premature victory lap as Montanans live 'in...
Busse: Gianforte ‘Isn’t just out of touch; he’s dangerous to Montana’
Candidate slams governor for his record tax increase; calls incumbent an...
Busse earns Montana Conservation Voters Action Fund endorsement
An 'outspoken advocate for Montana's public lands and waters,' candidate once...
Complaints about Gianforte’s tax hike? We’ll take ’em!
Busse campaign launches gianfortax.com to collect and deliver comments to...
Busse: Gianforte’s proposed tax task force like ‘an arsonist asking how fires get started’
Campaign also releases audio clips of Governor lying to Montanans about his...
Gianforte on property taxes: ‘Send out another bill’
Republican mayor blasts Gov for historic tax hike as court orders counties to...
Busse to ‘Tax and Spend’ Gianforte: Extend arbitrary tax rebate deadline
Governor raised property taxes, then ‘heaped on all sorts of bullshittery’ to...
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Fast Facts
- Ryan Busse (BUSS’-ee) is an author and former firearms executive who helped build Kimber, a firearms manufacturer, between 1995 and 2020. Over his 25-year career Busse directed the sales of nearly three million Kimber firearms. His memoir, Gunfight: My Battle Against the Industry that Radicalized America, was published by PublicAffairs (Hachette) in 2021. Busse was born near the Kansas cattle ranch homesteaded by his great-grandfather. He is an avid hunter, angler and champion of public lands, and has held leadership positions with Backcountry Hunters and Anglers and Montana Conservation Voters. Busse and his wife Sara have lived in Kalispell for almost 30 years and have two teenage sons.
- Home: Kalispell, Mont.
- DOB: 2/23/70
- Occupation: Writer, Consultant, Firearms Expert and Former Executive (Vice President of Sales, Kimber: 1995-2020)
- Family: Married to Sara; two sons
- Alma Mater: Bethany College (Kansas)