Brandon Ler
{{Short description|American politician from Montana}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Brandon Ler
| office = Speaker of the Montana House of Representatives
| term_start = January 6, 2025
| term_end =
| predecessor = Matt Regier
| successor =
| state_house1 = Montana
| district1 = 35th
| term_start1 = January 4, 2021
| term_end1 = January 6, 2025
| predecessor1 = Joel Krautter
| successor1 = Gary Parry
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1985}}
| birth_place = Sidney, Montana, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = Republican
| spouse = Stephanie Ler
| children = 2
}}
Brandon Ler is an American politician from the state of Montana, and a Republican member of the Montana House of Representatives. He became Speaker in 2025.{{cite web |title=Leadership |url=https://www.legmt.gov/statistics/leadership/ |publisher=Montana Legislature |access-date=10 January 2025}} Previously he represented House District 35.{{cite web | title=- Montana State Legislature | website=Home - Montana State Legislature | url=https://leg.mt.gov/legislator-information/roster/individual/6842 | language=rw | access-date=2021-04-05}} He owns and operates a fencing company and served for six years on the Savage School District Board of Education.{{cite web |title=Copper Book: Lawmakers of Montana, Legislative Session of 2021 |url=https://leg.mt.gov/session/copper-book/ |website=Montana State Legislature |publisher=Montana Legislative Services Division |access-date=17 May 2021 |page=49}}
Montana State Legislature
In February 2023, Ler introduced a bill that would state that misgendering a transgender student or calling them by their dead name —the name they were given at birth — is not considered a discriminatory practice.
Ler characterized the bill as an effort to ensure students aren't punished by teachers or school officials for references made out of confusion.
Ler, who is also a rancher stated he “taught his children from a very young age that cows are cows and bulls are bulls. Imagine one day my son goes to school and he is told the facts he has learned are no longer true.”{{Cite web|url=https://montanafreepress.org/2023/02/08/bills-concerning-transgender-youth-and-local-control-surface-in-legislature/|title=Bills concerning transgender youth and local control surface in House|last=Sakariasse|first=Alex|date=February 8, 2023|website=Montana Free Press|language=en-US|access-date=February 10, 2023}}
=2020 State House of Representatives election=
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| title =Montana's 35th District House of Representatives Primary Election, 2020{{cite web |url=https://sosmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020PrimaryReportStateCanvassLegislative.pdf |title= Results|date= 2020|website=sosmt.gov |format=PDF|access-date=2021-04-05}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Brandon Ler
| party = Republican Party (US)
| votes = 1,457
| percentage = 52.60
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Joel Krautter (incumbent)
| party = Republican Party (US)
| votes = 1,313
| percentage = 47.40
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 2,770
| percentage = 100
}}
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Ler was uncontested in the general election, having received 4,760 votes.{{cite web |url=https://sosmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/State_Canvass_Legislative.pdf |title= Results|date= 2020|website=sosmt.gov |format=PDF|access-date=2021-04-05}}
=2022 State House of Representatives Election=
Ler ran uncontested in the primary, having received 1,877 votes.[https://sosmt.gov/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?juwpfisadmin=false&action=wpfd&task=file.download&wpfd_category_id=32&wpfd_file_id=57546&token=4da10c4cd65766c3798549896424f7a9&preview=1 Montana 2022 Primary Election Results]
He also ran uncontested in the general election, receiving 3,160 votes.[https://sosmt.gov/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?juwpfisadmin=false&action=wpfd&task=file.download&wpfd_category_id=32&wpfd_file_id=57558&token=4da10c4cd65766c3798549896424f7a9&preview=1 Montana 2022 General Election Results]
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Category:21st-century members of the Montana Legislature
Category:People from Richland County, Montana
Category:Republican Party members of the Montana House of Representatives