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5 January 2017

Brian Schweitzer endorses Rob Quist for Congress

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Former Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer today issued a short statement endorsing Rob Quist for the Democratic nomination for the special election to replace Republican Rep. Ryan Zinke as Montana’s lone member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Quist, making his first bid for public office, announced his candidacy yesterday.

Rob Quist has not spent the last 30 years preparing a run for Congress. He is a political outsider. Rob has told Montana’s story through song for 30 years and has been in every little and big town in Montana. He understands Montana. We hunt, fish and camp, we work hard and we help our neighbors. Who better than Rob Quist to stand for and up for Montana in Washington, DC?

Schweitzer, a political outsider when he ran for the U.S. Senate in 2000, was elected governor in 2004, and re-elected by a landslide in 2008. His endorsement carries considerable clout, and will help Quist open doors and wallets in the Democratic Party.