Everything about Tracy Velazquez totally explained
Tracy Velazquez is the Vice Chair of the
Montana Democratic Party and lives in
Bozeman, Montana.
Velazquez has run for public office three times. She first ran for state legislature in 2000 against Republican incumbent
Bob Davies. In 2004, she challenged Montana Congressman
Dennis Rehberg for the state's lone seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. In 2006, she again ran for the state legislature, this time losing a contested Democratic primary to Mike Phillips.
She was elected Vice Chair of the
Montana Democratic Party in 2005.
Velazquez also owns
Commonweal Consulting
, which provides capacity building services to
non-profit agencies and public health policy consulting to NGOs and local governments. Notably, Velazquez assisted the town of
Libby, Montana in their fight for
healthcare for residents sickened by
asbestos from the
W.R. Grace mine there.
Velazquez is considered a liberal Democrat, and has from time to time taken positions outside of the party mainstream. For example, in late 2005, she received broad national attention by organizing a group to recommend paying for
Hurricane Katrina relief by reducing
pork barrel spending, asking the Bozeman
city council to return federal earmarked money for a parking garage. While her actions were criticized by Democratic Senator
Max Baucus, as well as republicans
Dennis Rehberg and
Conrad Burns, she was also hailed as a founder of a movement to reduce wasteful spending in Washington.
Born in 1964 in Connecticut, Velazquez has a bachelor's degree from
Harvard University and a Masters in Public Administration from
Montana State University. She has three children and is married to Dennis Alexander.
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