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Ballotpedia, Zooey Zephyr

Zooey resides in Missoula, Montana. She is engaged to her fiancé, Erin. 

Zooey has experience working for the University of Montana. 

Zooey Zephyr is a member of the Montana House of Representatives for District 100. She was elected to this position in 2023, and is serving her first term. 

Wants to change landlord tenant laws, believing they have been "tilted further and further in the landlords’ favor."

Supports policies permitting municipalities to build affordable housing units.

Opposes laws that restrict short-term renting.

Wants to allocate funds to ensure infrastructure can be repaired if necessary.

- Wants to change landlord tenant laws, believing they have been "tilted further and further in the landlords’ favor."
- Supports policies permitting municipalities to build affordable housing units.
- Opposes laws that restrict short-term renting.
- Wants to allocate funds to ensure infrastructure can be repaired if necessary.

Economy

Supports investing in, and promoting renewable energy sources, including windfarms and solar energy.

Supports policies that address climate change, saying "legislature cannot pass a single law combatting the climate crisis and consider its work done."

- Supports investing in, and promoting renewable energy sources, including windfarms and solar energy.
- Supports policies that address climate change, saying "legislature cannot pass a single law combatting the climate crisis and consider its work done."

Energy & the Environment

Supports health care that is "affordable...accessible, and...without stigma."

Wants to protect and broaden accessibility to healthcare for Montana residents, and lower healthcare costs for individuals using employer insurance.

Wants to work towards addressing youth mental health.

Supports abortion, saying "it is between a doctor and a patient. It is not the legislature’s job to interject or moralize someone’s decision to have an abortion."

- Supports health care that is "affordable...accessible, and...without stigma."
- Wants to protect and broaden accessibility to healthcare for Montana residents, and lower healthcare costs for individuals using employer insurance.
- Wants to work towards addressing youth mental health.
- Supports abortion, saying "it is between a doctor and a patient. It is not the legislature’s job to interject or moralize someone’s decision to have an abortion."

Healthcare

Wants more individuals identifying as LGBTQ  elected to office, believing that will reduce "attacks on LGBTQ people...[and] the likelihood of harmful legislation arising."

Wants to "fight against any discriminatory bills... passing laws outlawing conversion therapy and ending the gay and trans panic defenses."

- Wants more individuals identifying as LGBTQ  elected to office, believing that will reduce "attacks on LGBTQ people...[and] the likelihood of harmful legislation arising."
- Wants to "fight against any discriminatory bills... passing laws outlawing conversion therapy and ending the gay and trans panic defenses."

Public Safety

Opposes policies aimed to restrict voting, including "ID laws, limiting same day voter registration, restricting ballot drop-offs...".

- Opposes policies aimed to restrict voting, including "ID laws, limiting same day voter registration, restricting ballot drop-offs...".

Voting & Elections

As of April 10, 2024, Zooey Zephyr’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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Supports reforming landlord-tenant laws for fairness, enabling cities to build affordable housing through policies like inclusionary zoning, and regulating short-term rentals to increase available housing for residents.

The candidate's website says, "Lastly, any housing plan also needs to address the needs of our homeless community members. The Montana legislature should look to support housing-first solutions that also increase access to medical and mental health services."

The candidate's website says, "Infrastructure matters because affordability does not inherently mean accessibility. Our infrastructure must set Montanans up to succeed for decades to come."

Wants to change landlord tenant laws, believing it has been "tilted further and further in the landlords’ favor."

Wants to allocate funds to ensure infrastructure repair is possible if necessary.

- Wants to change landlord tenant laws, believing it has been "tilted further and further in the landlords’ favor."
- Supports policies permitting municipalities to build affordable housing units.
- Opposes laws that restrict short-term renting.
- Wants to allocate funds to ensure infrastructure repair is possible if necessary.

Believes that all policy decisions in Montana must integrate climate crisis awareness, advocating for renewable energy, land conservation, infrastructure upgrades, and sustainable urban development to ensure long-term environmental and societal well-being.

Supports investing in Montana's infrastructure, advocating for renewable energy like wind and solar to create jobs, reduce fossil fuel reliance, and secure a sustainable energy future, while emphasizing the importance of accessibility to enhance homes, hospitals, and schools.

Said, "No matter the issue we try to tackle, if we are not accounting for the climate crisis in every decision we make, any victory will be short-lived, and it will be our planet and our future that will suffer."

Supports investing in and promoting renewable energy sources, including windfarms and solar energy.

- Supports investing in and promoting renewable energy sources, including windfarms and solar energy.
- Supports policies that address climate change, saying "legislature cannot pass a single law combatting the climate crisis and consider its work done."

Supports affordable, accessible, stigma-free healthcare, including mental and reproductive services. Advocates for expanded access and coverage, improved employer insurance, and addressing youth mental health by tackling societal stressors like climate change and housing inequality.

Opposes Montana's 2021 legislation restricting abortion, supports court challenges, believes abortion is health care, and decisions should be between doctor and patient without legislative interference.

The candidate's website says, "Affordable and accessible health care is fundamental to the long-term wellbeing of all Montanans, individually and collectively."

Wants to protect and broaden accessibility to heath care for Montana residents, and lower costs for individuals using employer insurance.

- Supports health care that is "affordable...accessible, and...without stigma."
- Wants to protect and broaden accessibility to heath care for Montana residents, and lower costs for individuals using employer insurance.
- Wants to work towards addressing youth mental health.
- Supports abortion, saying "it is between a doctor and a patient. It is not the legislature’s job to interject or moralize someone’s decision to have an abortion."

Supports legislative anti-racism, advocating against biased voter laws affecting Indigenous peoples, seeking prison system reform, and endorsing the restitution of land to Indigenous communities.

Wants more individuals identifying as LGBTQ  elected to office, as she believes that will reduce "attacks on LGBTQ people...[and] the likelihood of harmful legislation arising."

- Wants more individuals identifying as LGBTQ  elected to office, as she believes that will reduce "attacks on LGBTQ people...[and] the likelihood of harmful legislation arising."
- Wants to "fight against any discriminatory bills... passing laws outlawing conversion therapy and ending the gay and trans panic defenses."

Opposes voter suppression tactics like ID laws and restrictions on registration and ballot drop-offs; supports efforts to remove voting barriers and promote participation in Montana's democratic processes.

Opposes policies that restrict voting, including "ID laws, limiting same day voter registration, restricting ballot drop-offs...".

- Opposes policies that restrict voting, including "ID laws, limiting same day voter registration, restricting ballot drop-offs...".

Supports integrating diversity, equity, and inclusion into university faculty requirements and advocates for human rights legislation in Missoula to enhance justice for discrimination victims.

As of May 3, 2024, Zooey Zephyr’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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