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Richard Gessling

Democratic · Montana · 2026

Running for Montana House District 55, Montana

Biography

Richard, of Roberts, is a retired dentist and former mayor of Red Lodge who served on the Red Lodge City Council from 1993 to 2003 and as mayor from 2005 to 2006, per the Carbon County News. He has also served on the Beartooth Billings Clinic Foundation Board and was District Governor of the Montana Lions from 2015 to 2016.

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