22 February 2018 — 1318 mst

Kathleen Williams campaigns in the Flathead today & tomorrow

Democratic congressional candidate Kathleen Williams, a former state legislator living in Bozeman, is in the Flathead today and tomorrow to raise money and hunt for votes.

She’ll be in Whitefish this evening, 1700–1900 MST, at the Whitefish Community Center, 121 E 2nd St, Whitefish, Montana 59937. The host and organizer is former Rep. Ed Lieser of Whitefish.

Tomorrow evening, she’ll be in Kalispell, beginning at 1700 MST, at the Central School Museum, 124 2nd Ave E, Kalispell.

As a state legislator, Williams was known for her grasp of water issues. As a candidate, she’s gaining a reputation for conducting a spirited campaign on Twitter.

As a congressional candidate, she’s running a muted gender identity campaign, presenting herself as the reincarnation of Jeanette Rankin, and, with her “I’M IN” dog whistle on her website’s home page, appealing to the die hard Hillaryites who still infest the Democratic Party. As a primary election strategy, a gender identity campaign has merit. The Democratic primary’s clear leaders are John Heenam (whom I’ve endorsed), Grant Kier (who’s drawing support from the party’s High Broderites and apostles of compromise for the sake of compromise), and Williams. It’s just possible she could win the nomination through a gender identity vote. There’s also a chance she could defeat Gianforte, but the odds of doing so are longer than winning six straight rounds of Russian roulette without spinning the cylinder between pulls of the trigger.