Smokejumper. Union leader. Congressman-elect for western Montana.
Missoula, MT
Joined December 2017
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I’m Sam Forstag - I’m a smokejumper, a union leader, and I’m running for Congress because for too long, Montanans have been breaking their backs just to fall further behind. Together, we can build an economy that works for working people.
From ranch towns to the reservations, Montanans have always answered the call to serve. Today we honor every one of them and the families who carry that service with them.
Honoring our veterans and military families means keeping our promises: a fully funded VA, quality healthcare close to home, secure and stable housing, an economy that works for working families, and good jobs on the other side of their service.
It’s time the Democratic Party is not just for working people and union members, but OF working people and union members.
Thanks for having me on, @andersoncooper!
With you all the way ✊
In May @SamForstag stood with trailer park tenants when they launched the first Montana rent strike in 50 years. Tenants stood with Sam in the midterms, and now he’s going to Congress. A smokejumper and union man, Sam is the first Dem to represent Montana in the House since 1979.
It is far too rare a thing to send a working person to the halls of power, so I’m bringing all of you back home in Montana along for the ride ✊
Sharing how all of this works is part of how working people can build our power in Congress, and that is part of how we’ll fight to deliver the bold change we need — fixing our broken systems so housing, healthcare, and childcare are affordable for working families,
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Our union brother @SamForstag is going to Congress! A smoke jumper who’s had his crew’s backs will now have a seat in the U.S. House. Congratulations, Sam! This is what it looks like when workers run AND WIN!
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From the fire line to Congress! Congratulations to our union brother @SamForstag on winning Montana’s 1st District! He knows public lands are worth protecting and the workers who care for them deserve respect. What a victory for Montana’s working people.
ALT Sam Forstag, U.S. House, MT-01. Victory!
This win is the work of thousands of Montanans who are sick of a politics that puts working people last, and who are ready to send one of our own to Washington to make it work for us.
Let’s show the country that true courage contains compassion, that we are so much stronger together, and that we’re ready to bend the course of this country for the better like so many Montanans have done before.