Bernie is campaigning this weekend with Rob Quist, the Democratic candidate for Montana’s one House of Representatives seat in Montana:
Sanders will join Democratic candidate Rob Quist, a folk singer and political novice, on four campaign stops on Saturday and Sunday, just days before polls close here May 25. Absentee voting has been underway since late April.
The Montana contest is shaping up to be a test of whether Trump's scandal-plagued early months and the largely unpopular new GOP-backed health care plan can put a seat into play in this rural, rugged and largely Republican state thousands of miles from Washington.
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Montana's single at-large House seat has been in Republican hands since 1996, and the state voted in a landslide for Trump over Hillary Clinton last November.
But Montanans have elected Democrats to other statewide office over the years — including current U.S. Senator Jon Tester and Gov. Steve Bullock, both of whom are supporting Quist.
Bernie in Montana to Help Quist.
The Quist campaign already is booking bigger venues for crowds larger than first anticipated:
A Billings rally for Rob Quist featuring Sen. Bernie Sanders in Billings will now be held at MetraPark's Expo Center on Saturday.
The event for the Democratic candidate for Montana's congressional seat was originally scheduled for The Billings Depot. Campaign staff decided a larger venue than the 300-person room was necessary and booked the front portion of the Expo Center, which can hold 800 to 1,000 people, said Ray Massie, MetraPark marketing director.
Billings Gazette
MISSOULA, Mont. - Bernie Sanders, along with U.S. House candidate Rob Quist, will be campaigning at the Adams Center Saturday morning.
The event was originally slated for the Wilma Theater in downtown Missoula. It holds 1,400 people. With more people planning to attend the event, it was moved to the Adams Center, which holds up to 7,500 people.
nbcmontana.com
Rob Quist’s closing ad hits his opponent on Trumpcare:
It’s good.
Here’s a little about the ad from HuffPo if you don’t watch it.
In a new ad released Monday, Montana Democrats attacked Republican House candidate Greg Gianforte for trying to hide his support for the deeply unpopular health care bill passed this month by the U.S. House of Representatives.
The multimillionaire Republican backed the proposed American Health Care Act ― which could imperil health insurance for more than 70,000 Montanans ― in a call with wealthy donors this month. After The New York Times published audio of the call, Gianforte walked back his comments, suggesting last week that he would have voted against the bill.
The ad cuts together clips of local TV news reports about Gianforte’s changing stance on the bill, along with ominous piano music. The ad is running statewide ahead of the May 25 special election to fill the House seat vacated by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke. The campaign to elect Democrat Rob Quist, a musician and ranchers’ son running on a populist platform, paid for the ad.
“Gianforte said he was thankful for a bill that takes away protections for pre-existing conditions and raises premiums,” says the ad’s narrator. “Thankful, because he got a huge tax break in return.”
Update I: And this ad that is longer: