Tim Sheehy

Sheehy was born in Ramsey County, Minnesota,[https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VCZ6-931 "Minnesota Birth Index, 1935-2002,"] database, FamilySearch, Timothy Patrick Sheehy, 18 Nov 1985; from "Minnesota Birth Index, 1935-2002," database, [http://www.ancestry.com Ancestry]; citing Ramsey, Minnesota, United States, Minnesota Department of Health, Minneapolis. in the Minneapolis–St. Paul area, and grew up in a lake house in Shoreview about {{convert|10|mi}} from where he was born.{{Cite web |last=Kimbel-Sannit |first=Arren |date=2023-12-05 |title=Who was Tim Sheehy before he started running for Senate? |url=https://montanafreepress.org/2023/12/04/who-was-tim-sheehy-before-he-ran-for-senate/ |access-date=2024-10-07 |website=Montana Free Press |language=en-US}} He attended St. Paul Academy, graduating in 2004.

After high school, Sheehy was appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy, graduating in 2008.{{Cite web |title=Tim Sheehy |url=https://www.usni.org/people/tim-sheehy |archive-date= |access-date=October 22, 2024 |website=U.S. Naval Institute}}{{Cite web |title=Tim Sheehy |url=https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Tim-Sheehy/214830911 |access-date=2024-10-22 |website=Simon & Schuster |language=en}} He was a Navy SEAL.{{Cite news |last1=Baker |first1=Mike |last2=Browning |first2=Kellen |date=October 18, 2024 |title=A Candidate for U.S. Senate Says He Was Shot in War. Was He? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/18/us/tim-sheehy-gunshot-wound-montana-senate.html |access-date=29 October 2024 |work=The New York Times |quote=Mr. Sheehy and his lawyers have insisted that he was indeed shot in Afghanistan and that suggesting otherwise was "tantamount to falsely accusing him of stolen valor."}} He later attended Army Ranger School.

Sheehy has said a bullet lodged in his arm during a 2012 Afghanistan firefight and that, suspecting it was from friendly fire, he did not report the incident at the time to protect his unit's members.{{Cite web |last=Brown |first=Matthew |title=Montana GOP candidate who could flip control of Senate nagged by claims he lied about bullet wound |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/montana-gop-candidate-flip-control-senate-nagged-claims-114944961 |access-date=2024-10-29 |website=ABC News |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Oladipo |first=Gloria |date=2024-10-19 |title=Montana park ranger says Senate candidate Tim Sheehy lied about combat wound |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/19/tim-sheehy-gunshot-wound-montana-park-ranger |access-date=2024-10-20 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite book |last=Sheehy |first=Tim |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O4TPEAAAQBAJ |title=Mudslingers: A True Story of Aerial Firefighting (An American Origins Story) |date=2023 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=979-8-88845-206-6 |edition=Ebook |language=en |chapter=Chapter 11: Accidents Will Happen}} In 2015, when seeking medical care in a Kalispell hospital, he said the injury was from an accidental discharge of a firearm in Glacier National Park that day.{{Cite web |last=Bolton |first=Alexander |date=2024-10-27 |title=Tim Sheehy's military record scrutinized in Montana Senate race |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4954496-montana-senate-race-sheehy-military-record/ |access-date=2024-10-29 |website=The Hill |language=en-US}} A park ranger cited Sheehy and fined him $525 for discharging his gun. Sheehy told The Washington Post that he "made up the story about the gun going off to protect himself and his former platoonmates from facing a potential military investigation into an old bullet wound that he said he got in Afghanistan in 2012."{{cite news |last=Goodwin |first=Liz |date=6 April 2024 |title=Montana GOP Senate candidate says he lied to ranger about gunshot wound in 2015 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/04/06/tim-sheehy-montana-senate-gunshot-wound-national-park/ |access-date=29 October 2024}}{{cite news |last=Liz Goodwin |first=Liz Goodwin |date=April 6, 2024 |title=Montana GOP Senate candidate says he lied to ranger about gunshot wound in 2015 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/04/06/tim-sheehy-montana-senate-gunshot-wound-national-park/ |accessdate=October 29, 2024 |newspaper=The Washington Post}} He has said that questioning whether he was shot in Afghanistan is "tantamount to falsely accusing him of stolen valor", but has declined to release his medical records{{Cite web |date=2024-05-13 |title=Election 2024 breakdown: Tim Sheehy, U.S. Senate candidate |url=https://www.mtpr.org/montana-news/2024-05-13/election-2024-breakdown-tim-sheehy-u-s-senate-candidate |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=Montana Public Radio |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Ehrlick |first=Darrell |last2=Szpaller |first2=Keila |date=2024-10-23 |title=Military veterans argue Sheehy cannot be trusted, renew calls for medical records • Daily Montanan |url=https://dailymontanan.com/2024/10/22/military-veterans-argue-sheehy-cannot-be-trusted-renew-calls-for-medical-records/ |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=Daily Montanan |language=en-US}} and said records showing he received the bullet wound in Afghanistan do not exist.{{Cite web |date=2024-11-03 |title=Montana GOP Senate candidate Tim Sheehy says there are no records to prove story of his gunshot wound |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/montana-gop-candidate-tim-sheehy-says-no-records-exist-prove-story-gun-rcna178542 |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=NBC News |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Goodwin |first=Liz |date=November 3, 2024 |title=GOP candidate Tim Sheehy says medical records don’t exist for gunshot wound |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/11/03/gop-candidate-tim-sheehy-says-medical-records-dont-exist-gunshot-wound/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241103194224/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/11/03/gop-candidate-tim-sheehy-says-medical-records-dont-exist-gunshot-wound/ |archive-date=November 3, 2024 |access-date=February 6, 2025 |work=The Washington Post}}{{Cite web |last=Ehrlick |first=Darrell |date=2024-11-03 |title=Sheehy said gunshot records don't exist, as conservative talk show host calls incident 'confusing' • Daily Montanan |url=https://dailymontanan.com/2024/11/03/sheehy-said-gunshot-records-dont-exist-as-conservative-talk-show-host-calls-incident-confusing/ |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=Daily Montanan |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |last=Baker |first=Mike |last2=Browning |first2=Kellen |date=2024-10-18 |title=A Candidate for U.S. Senate Says He Was Shot in War. Was He? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/18/us/tim-sheehy-gunshot-wound-montana-senate.html |access-date=2025-02-06 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}

Sheehy left active duty in 2014 and was discharged from the Navy Individual Ready Reserve (IRR) in 2019.{{cite web |last=Kube |first=Courtney |date=October 24, 2024 |title=Montana Senate candidate says he was 'medically discharged' from the Navy. Records say otherwise. |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/montana-senate-candidate-says-was-medically-discharged-navy-records-sa-rcna176726 |accessdate=October 30, 2024 |publisher=NBC News}} Sheehy wrote in his memoir and in a resume submitted to the Montana State Legislature that he had been medically discharged due to wounds received in Afghanistan. In October 2024, an NBC News review of Sheehy's discharge paperwork found that Sheehy voluntarily resigned from commission, contradicting his claims that he was discharged from the military because of injuries he sustained on duty.{{Cite web |last=Local |first=NonStop |date=2024-10-25 |title=Questions emerge about Tim Sheehy's Navy discharge claim |url=https://www.montanarightnow.com/politics/questions-emerge-about-tim-sheehys-navy-discharge-claim/article_528e8e5a-934d-11ef-ae8c-bf1a0589c777.html |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=NonStop Local Montana |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Bowden |first=John |date=October 27, 2024 |title=Questions about GOP candidate’s medical discharge fuel talk about bullet wound scandal |url=https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/montana-tim-sheehy-tester-senate-millitary-b2636455.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250206171526/https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/montana-tim-sheehy-tester-senate-millitary-b2636455.html |archive-date=February 6, 2025 |access-date=February 6, 2025 |work=The Independent}}

In 2015, Sheehy was awarded a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart.

In 2023, Sheehy published a memoir, Mudslingers: A True Story of Aerial Firefighting.{{cite web |title = Mudslingers |publisher = Simon and Schuster |url = https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Mudslingers/Tim-Sheehy/9798888452059 |accessdate = October 29, 2024}} The Daily Montanan accused him of plagiarism in the book, giving four examples, the briefest a 27-word passage from Wikipedia.{{Cite news |last=Pengelly |first=Martin |date=2024-09-06 |title=Trump-backed Senate candidate's Navy Seal stories not cleared by Pentagon |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/sep/06/tim-sheehy-autobiography-pentagon-vetting-navy-seal |access-date=2024-10-18 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite web |last=Ehrlick |first=Darrell |date=2024-09-20 |title=Problematic prose: Senate candidate Sheehy's book appears to contain four plagiarized portions |url=https://dailymontanan.com/2024/09/20/problematic-prose-senate-candidate-sheehys-book-appears-to-contain-four-plagiarized-portions/ |access-date=2024-10-21 |website=Daily Montanan |language=en-US}} The memoir was not vetted by the U.S. Department of Defense Prepublication and Security Review (DOPSR) as required.

In 2014, Sheehy founded the company Bridger Aerospace. Headquartered in Belgrade, Montana, it has provided aerial firefighting services in 24 states and two Canadian provinces.{{Cite web |title=Charts |url=https://bridgeraerospace.com/charts/ |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=Bridger Aerospace |language=en-US}} Upon founding the company, Sheehy was its only pilot, operating one plane and assisting ranchers with tracking cattle.{{Cite web |last=Writer |first=Abby Lynes Chronicle Staff |date=2019-09-08 |title=Fighting fires and thwarting drones: Belgrade-based sister companies expanding |url=https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/fighting-fires-and-thwarting-drones-belgrade-based-sister-companies-expanding/article_5008070d-bb6a-52ac-b9c4-8652852bab25.html |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=Bozeman Daily Chronicle |language=en}} In 2024, Sheehy resigned as Bridger's CEO to focus on his Senate campaign.{{Cite web |date=2024-07-02 |first=Shaylee |last=Ragar |title=Tim Sheehy steps down as CEO of his aerial firefighting company |url=https://www.mtpr.org/montana-news/2024-07-02/tim-sheehy-steps-down-as-ceo-of-his-aerial-firefighting-company |access-date=2024-10-07 |website=Montana Public Radio |language=en}} The company was facing a dire financial situation: it had lost $77.4 million in 2023 and $20.1 million in the first four months of 2024.{{Cite news |last1=Reinhard |first1=Beth |last2=O'Connell |first2=Jonathan |date=2024-08-11 |title=Montana GOP Senate candidate touts his business. It's losing millions. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/10/tim-sheehy-firefighting-company-losses-wildfires/ |access-date=2024-10-08 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}

In 2020, Sheehy co-founded the Little Belt Cattle Company with Greg Putnam, another former Navy SEAL, who runs the day-to-day operations of the nearly 20,000-acre{{Cite web |title=2021 Annual Report |url=https://mtlandreliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/MLR_AR21_singles.pdf |website=Montana Land Reliance}} working cattle ranch, which borders over 500,000 acres of national forest. The company manages its own supply chain of sustainably raised Montana beef.{{Cite web |last=Johns |first=Louise |date=2024-05-06 |title=Democrats have beef with a Montana GOP Senate candidate's cattle ranch |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/democrats-montana-gop-senate-candidate-cattle-ranch-rcna149570 |access-date=2024-10-31 |website=NBC News |language=en}}

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In June 2023, Sheehy announced he would run as a Republican against three-term Democratic incumbent Jon Tester in the 2024 United States Senate election in Montana.{{Cite web |last=Kimbel-Sannit |first=Arren |date=2023-06-27 |title=Republican Tim Sheehy launches bid for U.S. Senate |url=https://montanafreepress.org/2023/06/27/republican-tim-sheehy-launches-bid-for-u-s-senate-in-montana/ |access-date=2024-10-07 |website=Montana Free Press |language=en-US}} He was among the wealthiest candidates running for Senate.{{Cite web |first=Abby |last=Turner |date=13 August 2024 |access-date=21 October 2024 |url=https://www.nationaljournal.com/s/725908/whos-the-wealthiest-senate-candidate/ |title=Who's the wealthiest Senate candidate?|website=National Journal}}{{cite web |first=Bryan |last=Metzger |date=2 November 2023 |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/tim-sheehy-montana-wealthy-republican-climate-change-china-investments-2023-11 |title=Montana GOP Senate candidate would be in the top 10 richest lawmakers — and his investments are sure to irk some conservatives |access-date=29 October 2024 |website=Business Insider }} Republicans targeted the Montana election to gain a majority in the Senate.{{cite news|last = Hulse |first = Carl |title = A Tight Senate Battle Comes Down to a Few Key Races |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/02/us/elections/senate-battlegrounds.html|date = November 2, 2024 |newspaper=The New York Times|quote = Mr. Sheehy, a former Navy SEAL and political neophyte whose honesty has been questioned because of conflicting accounts of how he got a gunshot wound in his right forearm, has hit Mr. Tester for being a crucial vote in Washington for the Democratic agenda. He has been outspent by Mr. Tester but Democratic strategists worry that Mr. Tester’s time has run out.}}

During the campaign, Sheehy said his top three priorities were immigration, education, and the crisis at the U.S. southern border.{{Cite web |last=Szpaller |first=Keila |date=October 14, 2024 |title=Sheehy's plan for education includes throwing Department of Ed 'in the trash' |url=https://dailymontanan.com/2024/10/14/sheehys-plan-for-education-includes-throwing-department-of-ed-in-the-trash/}} He said that young women had been "indoctrinated" on the issue of abortion.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/montana-senate-candidate-tim-sheehy-women-indoctrinated-abortion-rcna174390|title=Montana GOP Senate candidate says women have been 'indoctrinated' on abortion|date=October 7, 2024|website=NBC News |access-date=29 October 2024 |first1=Sahil |last1=Kapur |first2=Ryan |last2=Nobles |first3=Frank V |last3=Thorp |first4=Dareh |last4=Gregorian }} He called himself "strongly pro-life" and also "in strong support of IVF." He was critical of 2024 Montana Initiative 128, a ballot initiative to establish a right to abortion up to fetal viability in the Montana constitution.{{Cite web|url=https://dailymontanan.com/2024/08/22/sheehy-criticizes-ballot-measures-including-initiative-to-protect-abortion/|title=Sheehy criticizes ballot measures, including initiative to protect abortion |first=Keila|last=Szpaller|date=August 22, 2024}}

In an August 2023 town hall, Sheehy called for a border wall and blamed China for facilitating fentanyl trafficking.{{Cite web |last=Kimbel-Sannit |first=Arren |date=2023-08-04 |title=Sheehy's political positions at forefront during 'America First' town hall |url=https://montanafreepress.org/2023/08/04/sheehys-political-positions-at-forefront-during-america-first-town-hall/ |access-date=2024-10-31 |website=Montana Free Press |language=en-US}}

Sheehy has said, "We have a Department of Education, which I don't think we need anymore." He proposes eliminating the department, which he says will save $30 billion.{{Cite web |last=Szpaller |first=Keila |date=October 14, 2024 |title=Sheehy's plan for education includes throwing Department of Ed 'in the trash'|newspaper= Daily Montanan |url=https://dailymontanan.com/2024/10/14/sheehys-plan-for-education-includes-throwing-department-of-ed-in-the-trash/}}{{cite news |last = Ehrlich |first = Darrell |title = More recordings show Sheehy disparaging Natives, federal government, Tester Senate candidate's claims of tapes being 'chopped' debunked |newspaper = The Daily Montana |date = October 4, 2024 |url = https://dailymontanan.com/2024/10/04/more-recordings-show-sheehy-disparaging-natives-federal-government-tester/ |accessdate = October 30, 2024}}

Sheehy has said "public lands belong in public hands" to protect rights to hunt, fish, and recreate, and that more local collaboration and input is needed since "Montanans know best how to manage our lands, not the Washington bureaucrats".{{Cite web |last=Jacobson |first=Louis |date=2024-10-30 |title=In Montana Senate race, Jon Tester exaggerates Tim Sheehy's stance on public lands |url=https://www.ktvq.com/replacing-rosendale/in-montana-senate-race-jon-tester-exaggerates-tim-sheehys-stance-on-public-lands |access-date=2024-10-31 |website=Q2 News (KTVQ) |language=en}} He was on the board of the Bozeman-based Property and Environment Research Center (PERC), a nonprofit free market environmentalism think tank.{{Cite web|url=https://dailymontanan.com/2024/06/13/sheehy-didnt-disclose-former-board-membership-at-bozeman-think-tank/|title=Sheehy didn't disclose former board membership at Bozeman think tank|first=Blair|last=Miller|date=June 13, 2024}}

Recordings first reported by The Char-Koosta News in August 2024 of Sheehy at a 2023 closed-door fundraiser led to accusations that he had racially stereotyped Montana's Crow people.{{cite news |last=Browning |first=Kellen |date=September 3, 2024 |title=Tim Sheehy Was Recorded Using Racist Stereotypes About Native Americans |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/03/us/politics/tim-sheehy-native-americans-montana.html |work=The New York Times}} In one statement about how he ropes and brands cattle with Crow tribe members, he said it is "a great way to bond with all the Indians while they're drunk at 8 a.m." Sheehy said the tapes had been "chopped up".{{cite web |first= Darrell |last=Ehrlick |url=https://www.ktvq.com/news/montana-news/sheehy-doesnt-apologize-for-comments-says-recordings-chopped-up |title=Sheehy doesn't apologize for comments, says recordings chopped up |work=KTVQ |access-date=29 October 2024 |date=20 September 2024 }}{{Cite web |last=Lutey |first=Tom |date=2024-11-01 |title=Who is Tim Sheehy now? |url=https://montanafreepress.org/2024/11/01/as-campaign-enters-the-homestretch-how-has-tim-sheehy-defined-himself/ |access-date=2024-11-02 |website=Montana Free Press |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Ehrlick |first=Darryl |date=2024-10-01 |title=CSKT stands with Crow Tribe following U.S. Senate candidate Tim Sheehy's remarks |url=https://www.kpax.com/news/montana-news/cskt-stands-with-crow-tribe-following-u-s-senate-candidate-tim-sheehys-remarks |access-date=2024-11-02 |website=KPAX News |language=en |quote=My ranching partner and really good friend, Turk Stovall, he’s a Crow Indian and we ranch together on the Crow Reservation. So I’m pretty involved down there, going to the Crow Reservation and their annual Crow parade this year. I rope and brand with them every year. So, it’s a great way to bond with all the Indians being out there while they’re drunk at 8 a.m., and you’re roping together. Every one that you miss, you get a Coors Light on the side of your head.}} Tribal leaders requested an apology, but Sheehy declined.{{cite news |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/09/16/nx-s1-5111603/tribal-leaders-renew-calls-for-an-apology-from-u-s-senate-candidate-tim-sheehy |title=Tribal leaders renew calls for an apology from U.S. Senate candidate Tim Sheehy |date=September 16, 2024 |first=Jackie |last=Coffin |work=Yellowstone Public Radio }}{{Cite web |last=Bolton |first=Alexander |date=2024-10-01 |title=Montana GOP Senate candidate says remarks about Native Americans were 'insensitive,' rejects call to apologize |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4909084-montana-republican-candidate-sheehy-insensitive-comments/ |access-date=2024-11-02 |website=The Hill |language=en-US}}

For the 119th Congress:{{cite web|url=https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/tim-sheehy-montana-senator-military-commerce/article_91ff0a3e-bff7-11ef-9f17-9f90868cb5e1.html|title=Montana Sen. Tim Sheehy snags military, commerce committees in Senate|first=Laurenz|last=Busch|date=December 21, 2024|accessdate=February 22, 2025|work=Bozeman Daily Chronicle}}

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Sheehy was involved in a 2019 plane crash in which he was a student pilot and there was a flight instructor. The plane crashed into a house, killing the instructor and injuring a person in the house. Sheehy sustained minor injuries. After inspecting the plane and interviewing Sheehy, who said he was not piloting it, the National Transportation Safety Board determined the instructor's actions led to the crash.{{Cite web |last=Miller |first=Blair |date=2024-09-25 |title=Lawsuit filed against Sheehy over Florida plane crash dismissed |url=https://dailymontanan.com/2024/09/25/lawsuit-filed-against-sheehy-over-florida-plane-crash-dismissed/ |access-date=2024-10-22 |website=Daily Montanan |language=en-US}}

Sheehy lives with his wife, Carmen, a former Marine Corps officer, and their four children, who are home-schooled,[https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/28/us/politics/sheehy-tester-montana-senate.html In Montana, Republican Tim Sheehy Tries to Outrun Jon Tester, and Scrutiny], New York Times, Carl Hulse, October 28, 2024. Retrieved October 29, 2024. on a ranch outside Bozeman.

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