Duane Ankney

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Duane Ankney

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| state_senate = Montana

| district = 20th

| term_start = January 5, 2015

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| predecessor = Eric Moore

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| state_house1 = Montana

| district1 = 43rd

| term_start1 = January 3, 2007

| term_end1 = January 5, 2015

| predecessor1 = Monica Lindeen

| successor1 = Clayton Fiscus

| party = Republican

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|04|14}}

| birth_place = Lewiston, Idaho

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| spouse = Carol Schillinger Ankney

| children = 5

| residence = Colstrip, Montana

| allegiance = {{flag|United States}}

| branch = {{flag|United States Navy}}

| serviceyears = 1964-1969

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Duane Ankney (born April 14, 1946) is a Republican member of the Montana Senate representing District 20. Ankney was a member of Montana House of Representatives for District 43, which represents a portion of the Yellowstone County area from 2007 to 2015.{{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=June 17, 2021|page=12}}{{cite web |URL=https://leg.mt.gov/legislator-information/roster/individual/5044 |title=Sen. Duane Ankney |website=leg.mt.gov |accessdate=August 11, 2020}}{{cite web |URL=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/59931/duane-ankney |title=Duane Ankney's Biography |publisher=Vote Smart |accessdate=August 11, 2020}}

Political positions

=Energy=

Ankney is a supporter of coal usage. In 2015, Ankney introduced Senate Bill 402, which would have required utilities to pay an impact fee to close a power plant before 2025. Portions of the revenue made from the fee would have gone to school districts and the Montana Department of Commerce. The bill failed on a 49–49 vote in the Montana House of Representatives.{{Cite web|last=Ragar|first=Shaylee|date=|title=Lessons from Centralia: Washington coal town shows how Montana's coal country might endure|url=https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/environment/lessons-from-centralia-washington-coal-town-shows-how-montanas-coal-country-might-endure/article_0981d152-c22d-5c20-ae6f-92f6000c0b33.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407100629/https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/environment/lessons-from-centralia-washington-coal-town-shows-how-montanas-coal-country-might-endure/article_0981d152-c22d-5c20-ae6f-92f6000c0b33.html |archive-date=2020-04-07 |access-date=2020-12-17|website=Bozeman Daily Chronicle|language=en}} While debating with senators from Washington state on whether to shut down the Colstrip Power Plant, Ankney argued that the electricity helped build the state in the 1970s.{{Cite web|agency=Associated Press|title=Montana lawmakers ask Washington state for time on Colstrip|url=https://billingsgazette.com/business/montana-lawmakers-ask-washington-state-for-time-on-colstrip/article_6eb28962-9207-5f4d-b915-bd24713a898f.html|access-date=2020-12-17|website=The Billings Gazette|language=en}}

References

External links

[https://ballotpedia.org/Duane_Ankney Duane Ankney at ballotpedia.org]

Category:Living people

Category:1946 births

Category:Republican Party members of the Montana House of Representatives

Category:Republican Party Montana state senators

Category:21st-century members of the Montana Legislature