Post by Logan on Mar 5, 2016 19:35:08 GMT -6
Starting with a rally in front of a statue of Jeannette Rankin and ending with a walk to the Secretary of State’s office to sign paperwork, Denise Juneau filed Thursday to run for Montana’s lone House seat in Congress.
If elected, Juneau, a Democrat, would be the first American Indian to serve in Congress and the second woman from Montana, after Rankin.
“Growing up in Browning and on the Blackfeet Reservation, I would have never believed it possible to be standing here today in front of Jeannette Rankin and all of you,” she told supporters. “ … It’s possible to go from Head Start to Harvard. It’s possible to go from a small rural Indian reservation to Congress.”
Juneau, who is running against incumbent Republican Ryan Zinke, told supporters who gathered for the noon rally that as Montana’s Superintendent of Public Instruction, she’s raised graduation rates, pushed back on federal initiatives and raised academic standards.
Read more: helenair.com/news/local/juneau-files-for-montana-s-lone-us-house-seat/article_7717cc4c-5bb8-5079-81d8-9f534ea0f212.html
If elected, Juneau, a Democrat, would be the first American Indian to serve in Congress and the second woman from Montana, after Rankin.
“Growing up in Browning and on the Blackfeet Reservation, I would have never believed it possible to be standing here today in front of Jeannette Rankin and all of you,” she told supporters. “ … It’s possible to go from Head Start to Harvard. It’s possible to go from a small rural Indian reservation to Congress.”
Juneau, who is running against incumbent Republican Ryan Zinke, told supporters who gathered for the noon rally that as Montana’s Superintendent of Public Instruction, she’s raised graduation rates, pushed back on federal initiatives and raised academic standards.
Read more: helenair.com/news/local/juneau-files-for-montana-s-lone-us-house-seat/article_7717cc4c-5bb8-5079-81d8-9f534ea0f212.html