Post by Logan on Mar 15, 2017 12:51:29 GMT -6
A Flathead Valley musician took to the stage on Monday evening in downtown Whitefish for a new reason — campaigning for Montana’s seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
About 120 people gathered at Casey’s Pub and Grill for a campaign kick-off event for Rob Quist, a Creston-area musician and the Democratic nominee for the U.S. House seat vacated earlier this month by now-Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke. Quist is running to finish out the term against Republican Greg Gianforte and Libertarian Mark Wicks.
“They say one of the keys for winning this race is to lose the Flathead by the least amount possible,” Quist said, speaking to a supportive crowd in the deep-red county’s most liberal enclave. “We want to turn that around. We want to win the Flathead.”
Quist is well-known in the Flathead Valley and elsewhere in Montana, where he has toured extensively as a musician. But the Democrat may still have to boost his name recognition on the political stage to compete against Gianforte, the Bozeman businessman who narrowly lost to Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock during last year’s sharply contested gubernatorial election.
Read more: www.dailyinterlake.com/article/20170313/ARTICLE/170319947
About 120 people gathered at Casey’s Pub and Grill for a campaign kick-off event for Rob Quist, a Creston-area musician and the Democratic nominee for the U.S. House seat vacated earlier this month by now-Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke. Quist is running to finish out the term against Republican Greg Gianforte and Libertarian Mark Wicks.
“They say one of the keys for winning this race is to lose the Flathead by the least amount possible,” Quist said, speaking to a supportive crowd in the deep-red county’s most liberal enclave. “We want to turn that around. We want to win the Flathead.”
Quist is well-known in the Flathead Valley and elsewhere in Montana, where he has toured extensively as a musician. But the Democrat may still have to boost his name recognition on the political stage to compete against Gianforte, the Bozeman businessman who narrowly lost to Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock during last year’s sharply contested gubernatorial election.
Read more: www.dailyinterlake.com/article/20170313/ARTICLE/170319947