Candidate · November 3, 2026
Brian J Miller
On the ballot for U.S. House · Montana's 2nd District
- raised through Oct 14, 2026
- $31K
- cash on hand
- $669
- issues with public statements
- 26
§1On the ballot
Why this matters: This is exactly how the candidate appears on your ballot, from the state's official candidate list.
| Office | U.S. House · Montana's 2nd District1 |
|---|---|
| Party on the ballot | DEM1 |
| Status | Challenger |
| Also on the ballot |
§2Who they are
Why this matters: Background and experience help you judge how someone might do the job. These come from public records and the candidate's own materials.
Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.
His campaign website's biography says he earned a degree in philosophy from Emory University and graduated from the University of Montana law school in 2007.2 It says he clerked at the Montana Supreme Court for three years under Justice Patricia Cotter, then joined the law firm Morrison, Sherwood, Wilson and Deola in September 2010 and became a partner there in 2014.2 His statement of candidacy says he has practiced general civil litigation in state and federal courts across Montana for nearly 15 years.3
Why they say they're running
His campaign website's statement of candidacy says he is concerned that the country is headed down a wrong path and that Congress is ineffective and hyper-partisan, and that if elected he would apply common-sense judgment with the interests of Montanans first.3
Websites and accounts
- Campaign websitemiller4congress.com4,
5 - X (Twitter)x.com/bjmiller19725
- Instagraminstagram.com/brian.miller20215
- Facebookfacebook.com/profile.php?id=12767068665
- LinkedInlinkedin.com/in/brian-miller-166992a35
- TikToktiktok.com/@brianmiller9045
- YouTubeyoutube.com/@BrianMiller-w7h6y5
§3What they've said on the issues
Why this matters: These are positions the candidate has stated publicly — on their campaign website or in public statements — summarized in plain words with a link to where they said it. Issues they haven't spoken about publicly are left out.
Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.
Each issue has its own range of views. A position is marked on that range only when the candidate's own statement clearly matches one option; there is no overall left–right score.
Elections and Government Reform
His campaign website says he does not take dark money or PAC money, supports the Montana Plan fully, and opposes the Citizens United decision, saying the Founders would not have agreed that corporations have free speech rights.6
- Limit spending by outside groups, including by amending the Constitution to overturn Citizens United
- Keep spending unlimited but require groups to name their major donors
- Keep current rules
- Raise or remove limits on donations to candidates and parties
Economy, Jobs and Trade
His campaign website says he wants to consider raising the minimum wage for big employers like Walmart and Amazon, and to use wage subsidies for small and mid-size employers.7,
His campaign website says he opposes right-to-work legislation in any form.7
His campaign website says he fully supports the right of workers to unionize and wants to do more to support efforts to organize workers, as one way to raise wages.7,
His campaign website calls for repealing the tariffs now, says he has called for repeal since the start, and says he also called for an end to the trade war with Canada.9
- Lower or remove most tariffs
- Targeted tariffs on some countries or goods
- Broad tariffs on most imports
Tribal Nations, Territories and DC
His campaign website says tribal autonomy should be respected, that he would treat tribes as equal sovereigns and work with them on policies and funding that respect their independence, and that he would make missing and murdered Indigenous women in Montana's tribal lands a priority.10
Social Security and Medicare
His campaign website says reversing the One Big Beautiful Bill's negative effects and taking up immigration reform would help Social Security's finances, that a serious conversation is needed about bringing in more funding and possibly reducing some benefits, and that he would make the program's solvency a top priority.11
Immigration
His campaign website's Social Security page says immigrant labor can and should be brought into the country in a lawful way to help support Social Security.11
His campaign website says he opposes the policy of mass deportations and wants to keep the border secure, stop the aggressive use of federal power, and find, arrest, detain and deport actual criminals.12
Health Care
His campaign website says the goal should be health care for all Americans, that the system should move from for-profit to non-profit, and that the federal government should set national objectives and provide financial support while states try different approaches such as single payer, a public option, Medicaid for All or a multi-payer system.13
Foreign Policy and Defense
His campaign website says he wants to cut wasteful military spending and bring the military budget down rather than up.14,
- Increase military spending
- Hold it near current levels, adjusted for inflation
- Cut military spending
His campaign website says the war in Iran is not a war of necessity, that the U.S. should leave the Middle East and bring its troops home, and that he opposes spending any more money on war in the Middle East.14
His campaign website says the U.S. should provide no more money or weapons to Israel.16
- Increase military aid to Israel
- Keep military aid at current levels, without new conditions
- Attach conditions, such as limits on how US weapons are used and requirements to let humanitarian aid into Gaza
- Reduce or end military aid to Israel
His campaign website's farm page lists restoring funding to USAID among things he would like to see done.17
- Restore or increase foreign aid, including programs cut in 2025
- Keep foreign aid near its current level
- Cut foreign aid further or end most of it
Veterans
His campaign website lists reductions in VA employees, in new enrollment in VA health care and in housing programs for veterans under the current administration, and says the trend of cuts to veterans' programs needs to be reversed completely.15
Environment and Public Lands
His campaign website says he will do everything he can to keep public lands in public hands forever.18
- Transfer large areas of federal land to the states
- Sell limited amounts of federal land, such as near towns for housing
- Keep federal lands in federal ownership
Abortion and Reproductive Health
His campaign website says that on abortion he will always side with trusting women and with securing their bodily autonomy.19
Energy and Climate
His campaign website says Montana should not be building data centers; it says his campaign is fighting a proposed data center in Broadview, Montana, and urges residents to press county officials for zoning rules that protect communities from data centers.17,
- Encourage new data centers with tax breaks and faster approvals
- Require data centers to pay the full cost of the power plants and lines they need
- Pause or limit new data centers
Family and Social Policy
His campaign website's farm page lists restoring the funding that was cut from SNAP among things he would like to see done.17
- Undo the 2025 changes or expand benefits and eligibility
- Keep the program as changed in 2025
- Tighten eligibility and work rules further
His campaign website's farm page lists passing and fully funding the Expanding Childcare in Rural America Act of 2023 among things he would like to see done.17
Technology, Privacy and AI
His campaign website's farm page lists increasing and fully funding the ReConnect Rural Broadband Program among things he would like to see done.17
Taxes and Budget
His campaign website says annual deficit spending should be kept to no more than 3 percent, to be reached by raising revenue from wealthy people and corporations and cutting areas of the national budget such as defense industry spending.21
His campaign website says raising revenue from corporations and wealthy people is part of the solution to the national debt.21
His campaign website's national debt page says raising revenue from the wealthy is part of the way to control the debt, and credits periods with what it calls fair tax rates on higher earners with strong economic growth.21
Courts, Rights and Civil Liberties
His campaign website's LGBTQ rights page says his approach is to let people live their own lives, that he does not like to see hatred directed at people because of their sexual orientation, that it is not government's role to make people accept how others live, and that differences should be tolerated.22
Housing
His campaign website's veterans page lists a loss of 1,000 beds in the GPD program for homeless veterans and a $2.2 billion cut to HUD's Housing First housing support for veterans among cuts to veterans' programs, and says the trend of such cuts needs to be reversed completely.15
§4Money
Why this matters: Campaigns report where their money comes from and how much they have left. Outside groups that spend on their own, without coordinating with the campaign, report that too.
Reported to the Federal Election Commission for the 2025–2026 election cycle, through October 14, 2026.23
| Raised | $30,958 |
|---|---|
| Spent | $28,854 |
| Cash on hand | $669 |
Where the money came from
§5Financial disclosures
Why this matters: Federal candidates and members of Congress must report their assets, income, debts and outside jobs, and members must report stock trades. These filings show possible conflicts of interest.
- Candidate financial disclosure report24filed Jan 31, 2026