Montana Secretary of State Brad Johnson has a tough job. Being the only Republican elected in 2004 to statewide office in Montana’s government, and having to work in the same building as the Governor must take its toll. Plus, those land board meetings must be a little tough. Johnson is the only Republican of the five members. Hopefully that 4-1 ratio will change in 2009.

Johnson has seemed to handle working in close proximity to the Governor well, even when the Governor was proclaiming he was turning some dials to get his buddy, Jon Tester, elected.

Johnson did his job in this situation. He wrote to the Montana Attorney General, Mike McGrath, and asked him to investigate these claims by the Governor. In a little over an hour, McGrath fired back a letter refusing to investigate his friend, Governor Brian Schweitzer. McGrath’s inaction changed many votes in his race for Chief Justice of the Montana Supreme Court, but I’ll write more about that in the upcoming days.

Realistically, Johnson is the type of person we need serving in public office. He has not lived off the public dime all his life. He brings real world experience to the office.

Johnson has made changes during his first term that made the office work more efficiently. He plans more changes in his second term to make the office even better. He works with all sides of the aisle to ensure Montana’s elections are fair and he communicates with the county elections officials regularly.

With the voter registration fraud going own across the country, Montana needs a Secretary of State at the helm who has the experience and dedication to ensure our elections are fair and impartial. Brad Johnson will do just that.

You can visit Brad Johnson’s Campaign Website here. You might also want to throw a donation his way.