Background
Laslovich was born and raised in Anaconda, Montana, and attended college and law school at the University of Montana.
Laslovich was born and raised in Anaconda, Montana, and attended college and law school at the University of Montana.
Laslovich earned his Bachelor in Political Science and Juris Doctor from the in 2003.
He previously served in the Montana House of Representatives, the Montana Senate, and is a candidate for Montana State Auditor in the 2016 election. In 2000, Jesse Laslovich was elected to the Montana House of Representatives, becoming the second youngest person ever elected to the Montana legislature. In 2004, he was elected to the Montana Senate where he represented South Dakota 43 until 2010.
During his time in the Montana Senate, he chaired the Senate Judiciary and Ethics Committees and served as Assistant Democratic Leader.
In the past 4 elections, Montana voted 3 times for the candidate that lost the national popular vote. Laslovich resigned from the Montana Senate on February 10, 2010 to become Chief Legal Counsel to Montana"s State Auditor Monica Lindeen.
On April 6, 2015, Jesse Laslovich announced his candidacy for Montana State Auditor. The central themes of his campaign have included protecting access to public lands in Montana, combating securities fraud, and advocating for fair treatment of consumers by insurance companies.
He has also stressed his success in prosecuting the longest Ponzi Scheme in Montana’s history as well as numerous other cases involving securities fraud.
As a lawyer, Jesse Laslovich has worked in the private sector as an Attorney for Datsopoulos, MacDonald & Lind Personal Computer of Missoula. He was an adjunct professor at the University of Montana School of Law. He was assistant attorney general to Attorney General Mike McGrath.
And he currently serves as Chief Legal Counsel to Montana"s State Auditor.
In 2007, Laslovich supported and voted unsuccessfully to pass out of committee Bachelor of Science 290 the "Implement National Popular Vote Acting" which would have entered Montana into a pact to regardless of the Montana popular vote, award the states 3 electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote.
He is a member of the Democratic Party.
