Noy Holland

Noy Holland (Democratic Party) is running for election to the Montana State Senate to represent District 9. Holland is on the ballot in the general election on November 3, 2026. Holland advanced from the Democratic primary on June 2, 2026.

Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I am a mother, educator, community organizer, and writer. I live SW of Choteau. I have taught for decades at public universities in Florida, Massachusetts, Alabama, and Utah. I've published five books of fiction. I'm an avid backcountry hiker, nordic skier, and gardener. I'm an independent thinker and I don't align with party politics--we need people who operate outside the two-party system. I’m an organizer for The Montana Plan to ban corporate spending in elections. I’ll stand up to corruption and corporate power. I’ll fight Montana Renewables’ plan to inject wastewater into the Madison aquifer. I’ll fight for right to repair and country-of-origin labelling. I’ll fight for a state-wide moratorium on data centers and for electricity you can afford. I’ll fight to protect public lands and waters. I have no political debts and no PAC funding. I believe in term limits and will self-limit to two terms. We need change. People not politics.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

Ban Dark Money. Campaign donors buy elections and determine legislative agendas. It’s a pay-to-play system where the donor with the fattest wallet wins. The nonpartisan Montana Plan will end corporate and dark money spending in state politics. Like the 1912 Corrupt Practices Act, I-194 is a citizen-led initiative. It will appear on the November ballot, thanks to the work of a team of volunteers like me who gathered 51,000+ signatures in 13 weeks from every Montana county. We need to get money out of our elections—funds from Montana corporations, out-of-state corporations, PACs, SuperPACs, all “artificial entities.” Public trust plummets when campaign spending accelerates. Money corrupts and the donor class has way too much power.Protect Public Lands and Waters. The right to a clean and healthful environment is enshrined in the Montana constitution. I will work to protect wilderness and wild rivers, invest in the preservation of public lands, fight to keep public lands public, and prevent the poisoning of lands and waters by industry of any sort. It is the legislature's job to regulate and resist the appetites of industries seeking to extract our resources, not to grease the wheels and turn a blind eye. MT has 18 Superfund sites, some of the most toxic in the US. For too long, companies have been allowed to extract and walk away, leaving taxpayers to clean up after them. We need to make good on the promise to protect and preserve our irreplaceable wild lands.Affordable energy. The rhetoric of ideology obscures what’s real: we pay too much for energy. State policies and utility monopolies work hand in hand to keep us from affordable, reliable energy that we needn’t wage war to defend. We need to prioritize and incentivize solar energy because it’s accessible to individuals and communities and it's the cheapest energy available. We need protection from the greed of the tech industry: no backdoor deals and nondisclosure agreements. No AI data centers! They drive up our bills, deplete water, overload the grid, pollute the air and run loudly night and day. I support a statewide moratorium and a citizen vote on any proposals. Citizens need veto power. We need to stand up or get stepped on.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Public lands; energy; campaign finance; data center moratorium; education; health care; clean air and water; workers' rights; fair wages; fair taxation; human rights; right to repair; country of origin labeling; protecting ballot initiatives; separation of powers; term limits