Know Who You're Voting For
The Realist. The Veteran. The Montanan.
"If you can't find anything good to say about the other side, you have no business working in Congress."
My name is Michael Hummert. I am running for the United States Senate because I am tired of a political class that treats compromise like a dirty word and power like a commodity to be sold.
I am a Realist Liberal Democrat. To me, that means acknowledging reality, regardless of which party is in charge. It means having the integrity to say that neither side has all the good ideas, and neither side has all the bad ones.
The Realist Doctrine: Truth Over Tribe
I firmly believe that if you cannot find one good thing to say about what Joe Biden did for four years, and you can’t find one good thing to say about what Donald Trump did in his first term—or what he has already achieved in this term—then you are not a serious person. You are a partisan.
We need Senators who can look at a policy and ask, "Does this work for Montana?" rather than "Did my team think of this?"
• On the Border: We spent years being told it was "complicated." Then President Trump proved that securing the border wasn't about ability—it was about will. He secured it using executive orders and determination. Now, as a Senator, my job is to take that success and lock it into federal law so that no future administration can ever undo it.
• On the Debt: We are now staring down a $38 Trillion National Debt. That is not a policy difference; that is an existential threat to our children. Both parties contributed to this. Both parties must fix it.
Born in Struggle, Forged in Service
I didn't grow up with a silver spoon. I grew up the middle child of five in a union construction family. We were dirt poor and we knew it—sometimes struggling to find 50 cents for the milk envelope at school. But watching my father, I learned that duty isn't something you do when it's convenient; it's what you do to survive.
That lesson guided me through two years in the Army and a career in the U.S. Navy, where I learned that titles don't matter—competence does.
• I started as a Cook on a Destroyer, feeding the crew.
• I earned the right to become a Deep-Sea Hardhat Salvage Diver, working in minefields off Turkey and securing SEAL teams off the coast of Lebanon.
• I served as a Marine Mammal Operator (training sea lions and dolphins) and a Diving Instructor.
I was the only salvage diver in the Navy who was also a cook. I know how to handle high-pressure explosives, and I know how to peel potatoes. Washington DC has plenty of people who can give speeches; it needs more people who can do the work.
Michael As A Cook In The Navy
Michael Training Sea Lions
Michael - Hardhat Diver On Salvage Ship
Graduating Class of Doctors Trained In Diving Technology
A Montana Life
In 1996, my wife and I loaded up a U-Haul, four kids, and three dogs, and camped our way across the country to Helena. I graduated from the Montana Highway Patrol Academy that December, but when duty to my family called, I turned down a station assignment to keep us stable.
I took the only job I could find in the dead of winter: School Bus Driver.
From there, I started a home remodeling business. I didn't build it alone—I built it with determination, faith in the future, and a crew of people who believed in me. We worked side-by-side, and many of those folks are still my friends to this day.
I stood at the crossroads of "going corporate" or staying small. I chose to stay small because I cared more about the people I worked with than maximizing profit. And when I was done with that company, I didn't sell it off to enrich myself. I had always joked that the "last man standing" would get the business. Well, I meant it. The last employee standing earned it, and he still has it.
Michael Walleye Fishing
Michael Shed Hunting
Michael Enjoying The Outdoors
Why I Am Running
I am 66 years old. I exercise every day. I don't drink, and I don't smoke. I have lived a full life of adventure—from horn hunting in the Beartooth Wilderness and walleye fishing on Lake Erie, to cruising the coast in a yacht that my wife and I rebuilt with our own hands. I didn't need to run for Senate.
But I look at our country, and I see a lack of honesty. I see people retreating into their corners, refusing to admit when the "other guy" got it right.
I am running to be the Senator who tells you the truth:
• The Debt is a crisis ($38T and counting).
• The Border requires permanent legislative security.
• Public Service is supposed to be temporary.
• We need to make changes to our government so we can move into the 22nd Century.
I am not a polished politician. I am a Realist. And I am asking for your vote to bring common sense back to the Senate.
I’m Michael Hummert. And I’m ready to work with anyone—Republican or Democrat—who believes in our country and wants to save it. It's the only one we have.
Thank you,