There are 20 days until Election Day! What are you going to do to help your candidate get elected?

Here are the topics for today’s column:

• Big Money For Tester
• In Other Campaign News
• Rina Fontana Moore
• Memo to Local Libertarians

BIG MONEY FOR TESTER:

The Hill reports that U.S. Senator Jon Tester’s (D-Mont.) campaign raised $30 million during the third quarter of 2024, according to filings with the Federal Election Commission (FEC). 

Republicans, many who are spiking the ball acting like Tim Sheehy has won the race, think it’s too late. I disagree. The money raised shows people are still supporting him and have not bailed out. I think Tester has stemmed the tide and will campaign across Montana until November 5. He has not been in the state as much as Sheehy and now he is. It will be close.  

You can read the full report from The Hill HERE. 

IN OTHER CAMPAIGN NEWS:

I heard from a faithful reader that U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) might be in Missoula this Saturday to campaign for Tim Sheehy. Sheehy’s campaign is probably making sure the location is top secret until closer to the date so the media won’t show up and ask him tough questions. 

Scott wants to be the next chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC). That would be the 2025-26 cycle in which Steve Daines will be up for reelection. Daines will undoubtedly be the #1 recipient of lobbyist cash, which the Republicans won’t complain about at all like they have about Tester. That is because political parties are hypocrites that way. 

On Tuesday I received nine pieces of campaign literature in the mail. Hopefully, people will recycle the propaganda. I am. Several years ago during campaign season, I went to the Post Office after hours to mail a letter and the trash cans were overflowing with campaign literature that people had thrown away after getting their mail. 

RINA FONTANA MOORE:

Former Cascade County Clerk and Recorder, Rina Fontana Moore, is running for a seat in the Montana legislature in House District 20. She is a Democrat. 

If you live in HD-20, you should vote for Moore. She understands elections and voting and would be a very valuable asset to the legislature. 

Moore posted the following message on her campaign Facebook page:

I’ve been involved in politics my entire life and have been a public servant and elected official for most of my adult life. That’s why it’s so troublesome how ugly and violent the far right has become. Here is how the last week has went for me:

1. Received 13 phone messages at 1 am each night, from a middle aged woman professing to be a republican, calling me a godless traitor, and threatening my life. They are calling for the rapture of godfearing republicans and the tribulation and eternal torture and damnation of democrats

2. The signs in my yard were all damaged and vandalized, by a middle aged white man with a beard driving a white Chevy Traverse and turned into police by a bunch of teenagers who always get the bad rap for being troublemakers. Aren’t we supposed to be role models for kids?

3. Was followed and videoed yesterday.

I have filed a police report and they did locate the person that followed me and talked to her.

4. Stole my facebook identity on my personal account.

This is so wrong! I remain steadfast and unafraid! Among other things, now ugliness and violence are on the ballot. I need all your support in the home stretch to victory lane.

It’s no wonder that people don’t want to run for elective office. It’s gotten a lot worse since Donald Trump came on the scene. MAGAs are asses. 

MEMO TO LOCAL LIBERTARIANS:

Great Falls City Commissioner Rick Tryon posted a “Memo to my local Libertarian friends” on his Facebook page Tuesday telling them the following:

Memo to my local Libertarian friends:

Chill, y’all. You’re coming across as angry, belligerent, arrogant, and condescending recently.

FYI, there’s a difference between, “Live and let live” & “We don’t need no stinkin’ public safety or public infrastructure.”

Lashing out at local law enforcement and fire department folks is a very bad look for you guys.

Our local public safety personnel aren’t the “deep state” or Big Brother. They’re our family, friends, and neighbors, and they’re doing the jobs we ask them to do the best way they know how.

If the local libertarian group wants their candidates to have political/electoral relevance beyond being a useful tool for Dems to vulture votes from Republicans y’all should show a little more common sense and a lot less ideological smugness.

Tryon is a big supporter of the police and fire departments (BTW, we all support them, but some of us disagree on how much money they should get) and he seems to think he can tell a local political party to “show a little more common sense.” Ouch! 

I am sure that will go over well. 

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