Montana's Rep. Amanda Curtis: Women’s rights, labor activist
The comments section is pretty nasty, as one might expect.
Bozeman Daily Chronicle
Rep. Amanda Curtis: Women’s rights, labor activist
Saturday, August 16, 2014 2:53 pm
LISA BAUMANN | Associated Press
HELENA (AP) -- Montana Democrats have chosen a promising young state legislator to replace John Walsh in a U.S. Senate campaign she has little chance of winning but which party leaders hope can pull disgruntled voters to the polls for other races, including the state’s lone congressional seat.
First-term state Rep. Amanda Curtis, 34, is a high school math teacher in Butte who won the endorsements of Montana’s teachers union for her opposition to charter schools as well as the Montana Sportsmen Alliance before Saturday’s party convention in Helena. Democrats are hoping her outspoken support for labor
unions and women’s rights will energize the campaign against U.S. Rep. Steve Daines. Walsh was widely criticized for a lackluster campaign against Daines before plagiarism allegations led Walsh to step down.
“I would be pretty hard pressed to not accept a nomination,” Curtis said before Saturday’s convention. “Even though it’s scary, uncharted territory, it’s an opportunity for us to pull together and electrify the whole state.”
Curtis’s political record is brief. She was elected in 2012 and was not seeking re-election this year in a redrawn district that would have pitted her against a party ally. She’s built a following largely through active use of social media to get her views out....
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I'm going to my first meeting to see what I can do to help elect Amanda and John Lewis. 
She's got a tough fight on her hands and can use the support. Let us know how the meeting goes, will you?
Feel free to cross post the article to Montana Group.
There were a lot of "not home" marks on my list. I think people screen the calls. I did talk to one person who wants to volunteer next month and several who were definitely voting Democrat.
It's a slow start for me, but I'll keep on dialing.
It's folks like you willing to do the unsung and underappreciated chores who deserve some applause.
