He launched his campaign with a 2 ½ minute video ad proclaiming himself as a ranch kid, hunter, fisherman, husband and father with Montana values while attacking Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte’s policies on property taxes, abortion, public lands and public schools and his personal wealth.

“My Montana is a place where hardworking people make a good living for themselves, raise their kids with equal opportunity. They hunt. They fish. They work hard. They play hard. And they fight for the place that they love together,” Busse said in the ad. “Unfortunately, the Montana that I love and that my kids have been raised in is being threatened right now.”

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He did also offer up a couple policy points. Those included things like a housing program he said would target first responders, law enforcement and other essential workers and provide affordable housing, possibly through subsidies paid for by higher taxes on second homes owned by out of staters.

He also said he would rebuild the state health department and Fish, Wildlife and Parks — two agencies that he accused Gianforte of dismantling.

Democrat Ryan Busse outlines policy priorities in campaign for Montana governor

Ryan Busse, the Kalispell Democrat running for governor this year in Montana, made a series of promises Tuesday about how he would conduct himself in office and the policies he would like to implement should he win the race, including being essentially the opposite of his likely opponent in November, Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte.

The news conference inside the rotunda of the State Capitol was Busse’s first major one in Helena since he declared his run in the Democratic primary in September. But he has already put 13,000 miles on his truck hosting events across the state he said have been well attended by people across the political spectrum.

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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Busse lays out policy priorities