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Sam Forstag

D · Montana · 2026

Running for U.S. House, MT-1, Montana

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Ensure working people can afford housing, health care, childcare and retirement
  • Invest proactively in public lands management and health care access
  • Strengthen unions and raise wages for working people
Biography

Forstag is a smokejumper and union leader who worked his way through the University of Montana before joining the Forest Service, where he became a smokejumper, per the campaign site. Between fire seasons he has worked as a union organizer and legislative advocate and currently serves as vice president of his union's local chapter, per the campaign site.

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U.S. House, MT-1Montana · 2026

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