BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) 鈥� Montana Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte reported more than $23 million in income over four years ending in 2022, as the former technology executive who is seeking to a second term continues to from investments, according to tax records released by his campaign.
, a former firearms industry executive, is challenging Gianforte in November.
Gianforte spent more than $6 million of his own money on a failed bid for governor in 2016. After getting elected to Congress in a , he ran for governor again and spent more than $7.5 million defeating Democrat Mike Cooney by a wide margin, according to campaign finance reports.
So far this election cycle, he has contributed roughly $47,000 to his campaign, the reports show.
Most of Gianforte鈥檚 income since 2019 came from profits on investments, his tax returns indicate. He is paid about $120,000 a year for being governor.
Spokesperson Anna Marian Block said Gianforte was keeping a 鈥渃ommitment to transparency鈥� with Montana residents by releasing his returns.
Since 2005 Gianforte has reported income of more than $265 million, according to previous disclosures. The bulk of that money came after Oracle Corp. bought Gianforte鈥檚 Bozeman-based company, RightNow Technologies, for $1.8 billion.
Democrats and Gianforte's Republican primary opponents sought unsuccessfully in 2020 to turn Gianforte鈥檚 huge wealth into a liability, saying he wanted to buy the election.
Busse鈥檚 campaign declined to release his tax returns.
The Associated Press
