Montana Dem in U.S. House bid underreported income by $57K
HELENA — The Democratic candidate for Montana's sole U.S. House seat, a cowboy poet and musician running for public office for the first time, underreported $57,000 in income when he filed federally required financial disclosure statements two months ago.
Rob Quist has garnered national attention in his bid to become the first Democrat to hold the congressional post in 20 years, but he has come under scrutiny for a history of financial difficulties.
Quist's campaign filed a new disclosure statement with the U.S. House last week after The Associated Press sought an explanation for discrepancies in his initial disclosure document and on his 2016 income tax returns. Federal ethics law requires congressional candidates to file a one-time accounting of their personal finances.
Montana voters go to the polls May 25 to fill the seat vacated by Ryan Zinke, who resigned to join President Donald Trump's Cabinet as Interior secretary. Quist and two others who have never held public office are vying for the post — Libertarian Mark Wicks and Republican Greg Gianforte, a wealthy technology entrepreneur who ran unsuccessfully for governor last year.
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[font color=330099]I hope that Quist gets his financial concerns remedied so that he can concentrate on his campaign.[/font]
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Pretty common stuff around here, nobody is shocked or disappointed. The opponent lost the Governor's seat for the same reason he's not likely to win this race either.
And, was it you (?), someone posted about the opponent's Russian investments the other day and I emailed Quist campaign about it. He brought it up in the debate yesterday - ? 
I don't care about Rob Quist's small-time money problems, probably a third of the state's voters have suffered something similar, especially regarding health debts. We're not a high dollar state and the opponent is a big money guy who wants to get rid of a lot of the things that sustain this state's majority population, we the poor... and many of us get that. Still kind of rough 'n tumble around here, I think many look at the R guy as a carpet-bagger kind of grifter, even though he's been here for a while. You're not a "local", according to some, if you weren't born here.