It's the Economy, Montana

—May 21, 2025 —

Democrats won’t win again until we earn back the public’s trust on the economy. I’m on the ground in Montana proving it can be done.

Trust isn’t built with slogans or think tank proposals. It’s earned, face to face, in the conversations happening around kitchen tables, at union halls, in farm supply stores, and on Tribal lands where federal promises have too often gone unfulfilled.

We cannot earn trust beyond the party faithful without engaging directly on the ground to learn about economic issues facing Montanans today.

My campaign isn’t propelled from Washington or guided by polling memos. It’s rooted in rural communities, in Hi-Line towns where markets are drying up and essential services are vanishing and in places like Glendive and Great Falls, where folks are tired of hearing about the economy from people who’ve never lived with its consequences.

I know what it's like to be at my second job, on my feet all day and still wondering how I'm going to make the rent. In a state full of hard-working people, I know how many understand the fine line between survival and devastation no matter how hard you might work.

In our shrinking economy, these are the folks who are feeling the pain first.

Montanans deserve a leader who doesn’t just talk about economic justice but shows up to fight for it, someone who understands that when a hospital closes, a wildfire roars unchecked, or the price of fuel wipes out a year’s profit on a barley crop, that’s the economy.

My campaign is about reclaiming the credibility of government by being accountable, accessible, and relentlessly focused on building power and fairness for working people.

I'm pushing back against tariffs that crush Montana’s grain growers, standing up for federal investments that keep our airports open and firefighting forces funded, and calling out billionaires who write self-dealing rules while rural schools shutter and veterans and rural Montanans wait months for care.

I know these are issues because I hear about them from hundreds of Montanans at roundtables across the state

I’ve heard from tribal leaders about the broken promises surrounding water compacts and from young workers in Forsyth who want to stay but can’t afford housing or healthcare. Every conversation informs my policy agenda.

Every voice matters.

Some Democrats may be waiting for the right message.

In my campaign for U.S. Senate, we’re building the right relationships. This starts with showing up and listening and ends with delivering results.

If we want to restore trust, we have to earn it one community at a time.

That’s what I’m doing in Montana. I believe it’s how we can rebuild the foundation for a stronger Democratic Party across the country: Listening.