The Jefferson County Commission on Tuesday chose former Whitehall School Board Trustee Mark Reinschmidt as the new representative for House District 75, replacing Marta Bertoglio, named Montana’s Commerce Director last month.
“This is a really tough decision because we’ve got three great candidates,” County Commissioner Cory Kirsch said at the July 22 meeting. He praised the other two nominees, Jefferson County Republican Central Committee Chair Terry Churchill and former HD 75 Rep. Kirk Wagoner.
Kirsch pointed out that their objective was to fill the shoes of Bertoglio, “an independent, not so much party-line thinker,” in his words. “She thinks about our county first, and its constituents…so we need to find a replacement for that,” said Kirsch. “Out of the three, to me, Mr Reinschmidt fit that the best because of his position and his newness and his openness.”
