Allen C. Kolstad was an American farmer and politician from Montana

Montana

Montana is a state in the Western United States. The western third of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges. Smaller, "island ranges" are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains. This geographical fact is reflected in the state's name,...

. A Republican

Republican Party (United States)

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 from Chester

Chester, Montana

Chester is a town in and the county seat of Liberty County, Montana, United States. The population was 847 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Chester is located at ....

 in Liberty County, Montana

Liberty County, Montana

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 2,158 people, 833 households, and 583 families residing in the county. The population density was 2 people per square mile . There were 1,070 housing units at an average density of 1 per square mile...

, he was prominent in state politics for more than 40 years, beginning in 1968 with his election to the state House of Representatives

Montana House of Representatives

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. He served in the state House and later the Senate

Montana Senate

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 for 20 years until he was elected Lieutenant Governor of Montana

Lieutenant Governor of Montana

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 on the ticket

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 headed by Stan Stephens

Stan Stephens

Stanley Graham Stephens is an American politician.Stephens was the 20th Governor of Montana from 1989 until 1993. He did not run for reelection in 1992 because of health reasons.Source:...

 in 1988.

Kolstad ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate in the 1990 election

United States Senate elections, 1990

Elections to one-third of the seats in the United States Senate were held on Tuesday, November 6, 1990. The Democratic Party increased its majority with a net gain of one seat from the Republicans. This was in keeping with the trend that the party of the President often loses seats in a midterm...

, losing to incumbent Democratic

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 Senator

United States Senate

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 Max Baucus

Max Baucus

Max Sieben Baucus is the senior United States Senator from Montana and a member of the Democratic Party. First elected to the Senate in 1978, as of 2010 he is the longest-serving Senator from Montana, and the fifth longest-serving U.S...

. He resigned from the post of lieutenant governor in 1991 to accept a presidential appointment to the International Boundary Commission.

Kolstad was elected Montana's Republican national committeeman

Republican National Committee

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in 2004 to a term expiring in September 2009, but he resigned on December 15, 2007 due to health reasons.