LegiStorm

Summary

Biographical

Family:

Press Releases

Education

• Stanford University Law School - JD (1967)

• Stanford University - BA, economics (1964)

• Carleton College - Attended (1959-1960)

• Helena (Mont.) High School - Diploma (1959)

Office History

Election Results

• 2009 (Nov. 4, 2008 election)

  U.S. Senate Seat for Montana (Class 2)
  Maxwell Sieben Baucus (Max), 72.92%

  Democrat
  Bob Kelleher, 27.08%

  Republican

• 2003 (Nov. 5, 2002 election)

  U.S. Senate Seat for Montana (Class 2)
  Maxwell Sieben Baucus (Max), 62.74%

  Democrat
  Mike Taylor, 31.73%

  Republican
  Stan Jones, 3.19%

  Libertarian
  Bob Kelleher, 2.34%

  Green

• 1997 (Nov. 5, 1996 election)

  U.S. Senate Seat for Montana (Class 2)
  Maxwell Sieben Baucus (Max), 49.56%

  Democrat
  Dennis Ray Rehberg (Denny), 44.69%

  Republican
  Becky Shaw, 4.73%

  Reform Party
  Stephen Heaton, 1.02%

  Natural Law

• 1991 (Nov. 6, 1990 election)

  U.S. Senate Seat for Montana (Class 2)
  Maxwell Sieben Baucus (Max), 68.13%

  Democrat
  Allen C. Kolstad, 29.38%

  Republican
  Westley F. Deitchler, 2.49%

  Libertarian

• 1985 (Nov. 6, 1984 election)

  U.S. Senate Seat for Montana (Class 2)
  Maxwell Sieben Baucus (Max), 56.89%

  Democrat
  Chuck Cozzens, 40.70%

  Republican
  Neil Halprin, 2.41%

  Libertarian

• 1979 (Nov. 7, 1978 election)

  U.S. Senate Seat for Montana (Class 2)
  Maxwell Sieben Baucus (Max), 55.69%

  Democrat
  Larry Williams, 44.31%

  Republican

• 1977 (Nov. 2, 1976 election)

  1st Congressional District of Montana
  Maxwell Sieben Baucus (Max), 66.45%

  Democrat
  W D Bill Diehl, 33.55%

  Republican

Employment History

• Baucus Group LLC (Feb. 2017-)

  Founder

• U.S. Embassy in China (Feb. 2014-Jan. 2017)

  Ambassador

• U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (1969-1971)

  Staffer

Associated Organizations

• Friends of Max Baucus (Montana)

• Glacier PAC

• State Bar of Montana (1969-)

Awards

• Ansel Adams Award (Wilderness Society) (2014)

• Legislative Award (National Rural Health Association) (2013)

• Legislative Award (National Rural Health Association) (2010)

• Legislative Award (National Rural Health Association) (2008)

• Legislative Award (National Rural Health Association) (1999)

• Legislative Award (National Rural Health Association) (1995)

Activities and Interests

• Hobbies: running
  

Contact Information

Main Office
Belgrade, Montana
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Privately Financed Travel

4 trips taken between 2001 - 2005 costing $7,946

See map of trips

Personal Financial Disclosures

Disclosures as a member:

Foreign Gifts

• 6/11/2002: Ceramic Plate with 24 Karat gold trim from Saudi Arabia ($100.00)
• 9/13/2007: Two wooden chess sets from Iraq ($300.00)
• 2/1/2009: Silver bar bearing image Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio from Malta ($100.00)
• 12/27/2012: Chivas Brothers scotch whiskey from Pakistan ($200.00)

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Congressional Staff

Caught Our Eye

• Sen. Dodd's nephew joins congressman's team

  Posted by J. Todd Foster on March 23, 2016
  Owen Dodd, the nephew of former Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.), has joined Rep. John Larson (D-Conn.) as his legislative correspondent. read more

• Senate Finance Committee staffer finds the temptation of an Apple

  Posted by Katie Barrows on April 25, 2014
  A Senate Finance Committee aide has taken a bite into a new government affairs job at Apple Inc., the tech giant. read more

• Former representative opens lobbying flood gates

  Posted by Nate Hoffman on March 12, 2014
  A Republican representative has filed lobbying papers for the first time since leaving Capitol Hill a year ago. read more

• Sen. Baucus' departure turns the last of his staffers into lobbyists

  Posted by Katie Barrows on Feb. 26, 2014
  Sen. Max Baucus' (D-Mont.) departure from Congress has pushed even more of his former staffers through the revolving door. read more

• Economist returns to the Joint Committee on Taxation after stint in private sector

  Posted by Nate Hoffman on Nov. 5, 2013
  A familiar face on Capitol Hill has returned after a year-long break as PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP's managing director. read more

• Posted by Garrett Snedeker on Nov. 20, 2012
  A top Democratic aide under Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee has left for a well-known lobby shop this month. read more

• Posted by Lane Robbins on Sept. 24, 2012
  A legislative aide to Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) has moved on to greener pastures to work for lobbying firm Alcalde and Fay. read more

• Posted by Jock Friedly on Jan. 23, 2012
  If the personal investment portfolio of one international tax specialist with the Senate Finance Committee is any guide, he's not much of a fan of Main Street - unless it's China's Main Street. read more

• Murray's former staff gravitate to defense lobbying

  Posted by LegiStorm on Oct. 19, 2011
  The "super committee" is certain to take a hard look at defense spending, and several former staffers to Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) may be contacting their old boss on behalf of defense contractors to make sure the cuts aren't too deep. read more

• Hensarling places lobbyists in high positions

  Posted by LegiStorm on Oct. 18, 2011
  Compared to some of his "super committee" colleagues, Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas) has relatively few revolving door connections. But he doesn't appear to shy away from such ties: the co-chair of the super committee hired a former lobbyist as the committee's general counsel. read more

• Super committee's revolving door ties run deeper than previously disclosed

  Posted by LegiStorm on Oct. 17, 2011
  As a deadline draws near for the congressional "super committee's" deficit reduction plan, attention is focusing on the lobbyists with the best ties to super committee members. And what's clear from our data is that far more lobbyists have worked for super committee members than have previously been disclosed publicly. The stakes couldn't be higher with decisions that the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, as the super committee is formally known, make. Lobbyists across Washington are hoping to shield their clients from any cuts. Which lobbyists have the best access to the 12 members on the super committee may depend on the personal and professional ties gained from working for a member before going through the revolving door and becoming a lobbyist. read more

• Records help flesh out details on Baucus' relationship with staffer

  Posted by LegiStorm on Dec. 11, 2009
  Reporters have been finding interesting things over the past week in LegiStorm's database about the relationship Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) had with a political aide. read more

• New administration means opportunity for staffers

  Posted by LegiStorm on Nov. 11, 2008
  The Washington game of musical chairs has begun in earnest as current and former congressional aides angle for new positions. Last week's election has created plenty of opportunity for staffers. Former aides Daniel Maffei, Betsy Markey and Eric Paulsen were actually chosen by voters to return as members of Congress. One congressional aide has already been named to the new presidential administration. Phil Schiliro, a long-time Hill hand who was chief of staff for Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), has been selected the head of President-elect Barack Obama's legislative affairs office during the transition, and is expected to be Obama's legislative affairs director when the new administration takes office in January. Obama will likely take a large cohort of his Senate staff with him, as well. His own chief of staff, Pete Rouse, is co-chairing the transition team and is expected to serve as a deputy chief of staff in the White House. read more