Maureen Horton
Republican · MT · Gallatin County Treasurer/Assessor
Maureen Horton has been Gallatin County Treasurer since the end of 2022, after careers in banking, legal work, and five years at the Montana Department of Revenue. Her priorities are clear public accounting of county money and helping residents understand property taxes and the homestead exemption.
Track record
Track record — General
General · 3 records
Told the county commission on 2024-01-16 that its resolution claiming control of county bank accounts broke state law. She said she would refer any enforcement to state prosecutors as obstruction; the commission passed it unanimously.
January 16, 2024
Source: bozemandailychronicle.com
Sent letters to local banks in December 2023 telling them to remove every signer on county accounts except her and two treasury staff. The county commission rejected the demand, and two county checks later bounced.
January 12, 2024
Source: bozemandailychronicle.com
Won election as Gallatin County Treasurer/Assessor on 2022-11-08, beating Democrat Charli Martin-Heavrin 25,936 votes to 24,635 in the official county results.
November 8, 2022
Source: gallatinmt.gov
Past race Maureen Horton ran in:
- County Treasurer/Assessor · November 3, 2026 · Gallatin County, Montana · incumbent