Alani Bankhead

Why they say you should vote for them

The candidate's own case to voters, summarized from their campaign and public statements.

• Says she will work to bring down the cost of housing, groceries and energy so "a Montana paycheck can afford a Montana life again."[4]
• Points to more than two decades investigating terrorists, spies and child predators, and says she will bring that work on child protection to the Senate.[1],[2]
• Says one in three of Montana's rural hospitals is at risk of closing and she will fight to keep them open, paying for her plans by cutting federal waste rather than Medicare and Medicaid.[4]
• Says she refuses corporate PAC and super PAC donations and takes only individual contributions.[4],[5]
• Says her federal experience and existing Washington contacts would let her get to work without a learning period.[1],[5]

Background

• Founder and certified professional coach, Mighty Sparrow Coaching[1],[3]
• Led Latin American investigations, operations and law-enforcement training, International anti-slavery organization (not named on campaign site)[1]
• Helped build and lead Operation Keiki Shield, a multi-agency child-protection operation, Federal special agent, Hawaii · 2019[1]
• Officer and special agent (21 years; retired as lieutenant colonel), U.S. Air Force · Began 2004[1],[3],[6]

Education

• Graduate degree, Troy University (2012)[3]
• Bachelor's degree in criminal justice and Latin American studies, The Pennsylvania State University (2004)[3]

Where they stand

• Housing
  Says a Montana paycheck should be able to buy a Montana home; proposes raising the capital gains exclusion on home sales and expanding the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit.[2],[3]
• Health Care
  Supports universal health care, pointing to the military's TRICARE program as a model, and opposes Medicaid work requirements.[2]
• Abortion
  Supports abortion rights and points to Montana voters adding a right to make pregnancy decisions to the state constitution.[2]
• Energy & Environment
  Opposes any sale of public lands, supports corner crossing and opposes data centers on public lands.[2]
• Guns
  Says she is a gun owner who respects firearms for hunting, sport and self-defense.[2]
• Taxes
  Supports an annual tax on fortunes over $50 million, closing the carried-interest provision and removing the Social Security wage cap.[2]
• Foreign Policy
  Opposes the war with Iran, says Congress must reclaim its war powers, and says blanket tariffs raise grocery costs and hurt farm exports.[2]
• Elections & Democracy
  Supports restoring the Voting Rights Act and keeping elections under state and local control.[2]

Voting record

Alani Bankhead has not held an office with a recorded voting record. See Background and Where they stand.

In their words