Bill McChesney (politician)

{{short description|American politician}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Bill McChesney

|state_house = Montana

|district = 40th

|term_start = January 3, 2007

|term_end = January 5, 2015

|predecessor = Gary Matthews

|successor = Tom Berry

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|10|3}}

|birth_place = Missoula, Montana, U.S.

|death_date =

|death_place =

|party = Democratic

|spouse = Louise

|alma_mater = University of Montana, Missoula

}}

Bill McChesney (born October 3, 1948) is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who was a member of the Montana House of Representatives, representing District 40, from 2007 to 2015. Term-limited in 2014, he ran for the 19th District of the Montana Senate but was defeated by Republican incumbent Frederick Moore. He ran for Governor of Montana in the 2016 election against Democratic incumbent Steve Bullock, but lost in the Democratic primary.{{cite web|url=http://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/former-legislator-steps-into-democratic-governor-s-race/article_4e58af50-86c3-5cd7-b1fb-fd84dc5da18b.html|title=Former legislator steps into Democratic governor's race|publisher=Independent Record|date=March 12, 2016|accessdate=March 12, 2016}}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}