Regier and Waterman Contest Montana Senate District 4 Race

Republican state Representative Amy Regier and Democratic Kalispell City Councilor Kyle Waterman are competing for Montana Senate District 4, covering downtown Kalispell, Evergreen, and Helena Flats. Incumbent Republican Senator John Fuller is not seeking reelection.

Regier, a surgical nurse who has served in the state House since 2021, is campaigning on fiscal restraint and property tax reform. She has proposed allocating revenue from the state tourism bed tax alongside funds from the Montana Growth and Opportunity Trust, created by the Legislature in 2025, to offset residential property taxes. In the House, Regier previously sponsored legislation exempting senior care facilities from property taxes and shielding pregnancy resource centers from mandatory abortion referrals.

Waterman, a local retail co-owner who returned to the Kalispell City Council in 2025 after a previous term, centers his platform on mental health services and local revenue reform. He advocates redirecting state marijuana tax revenues directly to municipalities based on local dispensary sales. Waterman also voiced support for a state tax on imported online retail purchases to benefit local businesses, while emphasizing social libertarian views that include protecting reproductive access and personal privacy.