House District 98: Will Deschamps

REPUBLICAN

AGE: 62
OCCUPATION: Small business owner
HOMETOWN: Missoula, Mont.
FAMILY: Wife, Janice; two sons and a daughter

EDUCATION: B.S., Science, University of Montana, 1978

POLITICAL OR PUBLIC SERVICE: United States Marine Corps, 1964-70; Hellgate Elementary School Board, 1996-2008; Missoula Planning Board , 1976-1980; Missoula Policy and Planning Board, 1976-1980; Larchmont Board of Directors, 1984-2006; Montana Unified School Trust, 2004-2006

Deschamps makes residency an issue

By CHRIS ARNESON

The seat for Montana’s House District 98 is wide open this election, and Republican Will Deschamps is running hard on the argument that legislators should live in the district they represent. -MORE-