In Montana huge teams of out of state staff traveled 100s of miles to spend days drinking at the bars with other staffers and avoiding eye contact with voters. While locals organized and knocked doors, Dem staff pissed away millions while pissing off the local volunteer base.

Turning major campaigns over to strategists who haven’t led a shift at Starbucks, much less a $50 million campaign machine.
Who can’t read a P&L or balance statement.
Who haven’t hired or fired staff.
Who don’t understand data analytics or collection.

There are so many reasons MTDEMs need a fresh slate.

Counties sending delegates to our Summer Convention will help make that happen.

The Biggest surprise was when a Party director threatened to make calls to have candidate endorsements rescinded for not using those companies.

One of my biggest surprises as a candidate was the Party steering candidates to “vetted” companies charging 2-3X standard market rates.

If I didn’t come from the industry myself, I wouldn’t have known.