Lynda Moss

{{short description|American politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name=Lynda Moss

| image name=

| state_senate=Montana

| state=Montana

| district=26th

| term_start = January 3, 2005

| term_end = January 7, 2013

| preceded=

| succeeded= Robyn Driscoll

| party=Democratic

| birth_date= {{birth date and age|1950|3|15}}

| birth_place=Torrington, Wyoming, U.S.

| death_date=

| death_place=

| alma_mater=University of Nebraska–Lincoln
University of Northern Iowa
Montana State University

| occupation=Executive Director, Foundation for Community Vitality

| spouse= widowed

| residence=Billings, Montana, U.S.

| religion=

|}}

Lynda Moss is a Democratic former member of the Montana Senate. She represented District 26 from 2004 to 2012. She was a Majority Whip in the 2008-2010 session. She was ineligible to run for election in 2012 due to Montana's term limits.

In 2012 she ran for Montana Public Service Commissioner{{cite web|title=Moss aims to take District 2 PSC seat|url=http://www.laureloutlook.com/news/article_8a03f252-896b-11e1-975a-0019bb2963f4.html|publisher=Laurel Outlook|accessdate=30 November 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130127135021/http://www.laureloutlook.com/news/article_8a03f252-896b-11e1-975a-0019bb2963f4.html|archive-date=27 January 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} but did not advance in the primaries.

In November 2017, Moss announced her candidacy for the U.S. House representing Montana's at-large congressional district in the 2018 U.S. federal election.[https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/montana/articles/2017-11-03/former-state-lawmaker-lynda-moss-entering-montana-house-race Former State Lawmaker Lynda Moss Entering Montana House Race], www.usnews.com, November 3, 2017 She dropped out of the race in April 2018, after the deadline to have her name removed from the ballot.{{cite news|url=https://billingsgazette.com/news/government-and-politics/billings-democrat-drops-out-of-montana-house-race-but-will/article_6c877245-a320-583c-bbe9-c3b379739876.html|title=Billings Democrat drops out of Montana House race, but will still be on the ballot|date=April 19, 2018|publisher=Billings Gazette}} She ended the primary in 4th place with 5,592 votes.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/06/05/us/elections/results-montana-primary-elections.html|title=Montana Primary Election Results|work=The New York Times |date=5 June 2018 |last1=Almukhtar |first1=Sarah |last2=Bloch |first2=Matthew |last3=Lee |first3=Jasmine C. }}