Born in Billings,[1] Story earned a bachelor's degree in agricultural education from Montana State University in 1975, was a teacher in the small town of Opheim for three years, and has served on the school board in Park City. He is a descendant of a brother of Nelson Story and farms and ranches on property acquired by his family in the late 19th century; he returned to the ranch after his father was injured.[1][2][3]
He became involved in the Montana Farm Bureau Federation and then represented Park City in the Montana Legislature as a Republican Party for 16 years, being elected to the House in 1994 to succeed retiring Republican Vernon Keller[2] and to the Senate from District 30 in 2002.[1][4] He served in the House as chairman of the Taxation Committee and in the Senate as vice chairman of the Taxation Committee and from January 2009 as President[2][5] and retired in 2010, when he termed out.[6][7]
In 2013 he was named president of the Montana Taxpayers Association.[6]