[3][4] Her support of gun measures such as expanded background checks stems directly from the death of her brother, who killed himself playing Russian roulette when he was 16.
Curtis served on the Business and Labor, Human Services, and Local Government committees.
[15] In April 2013, Curtis gained media attention after calling out Republican members for opposing the repeal of Montana's anti-sodomy law.
In July, The New York Times ran an article claiming that Walsh had plagiarized a term paper that was a requirement for his Master's thesis at the Army War College.
The Montana state Democratic Central Committee had until August 20 to select a replacement candidate to appear on the November ballot.
[23] The day prior to the nomination convention, Curtis was considered the front-runner to replace Walsh.
[31] On August 21, Curtis announced that she had raised $110,000 in four days and had named Clayton Elliott, director of the League of Rural Voters and lead lobbyist/community organizer of the Northern Plains Resource Council, as her campaign manager.
[34] After the 2014 Senate election, Curtis served the rest of her term in the Montana House of Representatives and left office in 2015.
Following her reelection to the state house, Curtis expressed interest in running for departing U.S. Representative Ryan Zinke's seat in Montana's at-large congressional district special election in 2017.