[1] Balyeat was elected as a Republican to Senate District 34, representing Bozeman, Montana, in 2004.
Previously, Balyeat served two terms in the Montana House.
[2] Balyeat resigned his Senate Seat in June 2012 to take on the Montana State Director role with Americans for Prosperity.
[3] He would have been ineligible to run for re-election due to Montana's term limits.
Balyeat was found dead from natural causes in Truman Gulch on October 5, 2022.