The folks who created this mess are now trying to capitalize off this mess. And they've got their sights set on western Montana. But I didn't just run to stop western Montana from turning into Portland and to keep the crazy out of Montana. I'm running because…
Meantly / Midterms 2026 / MT-01
Midterms 2026 · US House
MT-01 House race: Aaron Flint vs Sam Forstag
How the candidates in the Montana's 1st district race are arguing their case, read the same way for each of them. Updated every 15 minutes until election day, 3 November 2026.
Hostility this week 0.4 / 10, 0.7 below their usual 1.1.
Audience impact, 30 days: +1.2 leans reassuring
Even if you take all of the national politics and the importance of this race out of the picture altogether I truly believe and I believe since day one that we have got to keep the crazy out of Montana we cannot allow Western Montana to turn into Portland.
I'm not just running because of deep frustration with the damage that was done to this party by the Democrat party. I'm also running because there's some Republicans back in Washington that aren't doing enough to fix everything either.
My opponent is this far-left LGBTQ lobbyist from Portland, who lobbied for all the crazy stuff. Men in girls’ bathrooms, drag queen shows targeting kids. And, if that doesn’t make you mad, he also lobbied for higher property taxes, and to stick Montanans with…
Hostility this week 1.1 / 10, in line with their usual.
Audience impact, 30 days: +0.6 leans reassuring
I was making 19 bucks an hour jumping out of airplanes for the federal government in a community where you'd be lucky to find a home for a half million bucks. If a smokejumper is being left behind, a whole lot of other people are being left behind by both…
What Aaron’s got to offer here is politics that is purely composed of anger and hate and fearmongering — and Aaron’s not the only one doing it. It feels like that’s what’s defined politics for most of my adult life. Candidates in (one) party, they just tell…
What got me into this race was this misnamed Department of Government Efficiency, where at least in our state, in my agency, the Forest Service, they just about exclusively came after the lowest paid workers we’ve got. The first round of firings from DOGE, it…
We’re hosting a day of action across the state that includes canned food drives here in Butte. We got one in Bozeman, Missoula, Kalispell. We’re reaching out and actually trying to help our neighbors. You should have a chance to earn a life of dignity without…
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