Sam Forstag

As I travel our district, I hear the same thing from Democrats, Republicans, and independents - Congress needs representation for working class people. I am honored to have the support of former lawmakers, from both parties, who believe I am the best candidate to deliver that.

I'm blown away by the support we saw up in Lincoln County this week. Thank you to everyone who came out to grab a beer or coffee with me, and to talk about how we can finally get Congress to fix this broken economy we're all living in.

Here’s what I’m all about:

➡️ Fighting for western Montana
➡️ Bringing down our healthcare and childcare costs
➡️ Cutting through red tape to get housing prices down

53 years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court said that a woman’s decisions about abortion were her own. 4 years ago, creeps like Ryan Zinke cheered while that right was rolled back. Montana deserves a Representative who protects our privacy and makes healthcare more accessible, not less.

We should all be mad at Big Brother and the politicians who are singing and dancing to distract us while they pick working peoples’ pockets.

I just wrapped up the first leg of my tour of MT-01! Sign up today at SamForMontana.com to keep getting updates and learn how you can help us take on Ryan Zinke this year.

Grocery prices in Montana have risen at some of the fastest rates in the country these past few years. I’m running to make sure life in Montana is affordable, and that we build an economy that works for working people.

Like I told the Bozeman Daily Chronicle - Ryan Zinke should be scared. He stood back and let his party bosses gut our public land agencies. If he’s going to come after my coworkers’ jobs, I’m going to take his.

Today we honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy - and recommit ourselves to the work of building a more just, more equitable America.

Hamilton, you really showed up for me. Thank you to everyone who helped organize yesterday’s event. I appreciated hearing from all of you and getting to talk more about our campaign to make Montana work for working people again.

If the Democrats want to start winning, we’ve got to start showing up – and not just in big cities. It was great grabbing some coffee in Dillon this morning, thanks to everyone for joining me to talk about our campaign and the Montana we all want to build together.

When I decided to run for Congress, I knew we had our work cut out for us. Meeting everyone in Butte last night left me full of hope – it’s time to take back Congress from corporations and billionaires and make it work for working people.

Building a Montana that works for working people starts with showing up and meeting folks. It was great to be in Deer Lodge this morning, thanks to everyone who stopped by to talk about our campaign.

I’m tired of workers being attacked by a bunch of people who have never had dirt underneath their fingernails. When billionaires like Elon Musk came after our Forest Service workers, we fought back - and we’ll keep fighting for Montanans every damn day.

Hope isn’t something we feel, it’s something we do. Thanks to everyone who joined us last night in Bozeman - we’re going to organize all across this district to win in 2026.

Protect Our Social Security: Day of Action The Crisis: Record Backlogs and Degrading Services As we enter 2026, the Social Security Administration (SSA) is in a state of unprecedented turmoil. Following a year of aggressive budget cuts and per...

It’d be great if Ryan Zinke spent less time on the beach in California and did something to bring down costs for MT seniors. Missoula, help send a message: we’re tired of politicians undermining the Social Security benefits Montanans worked their whole lives for.

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Right now, we have an economy that doesn’t work for working people, and politicians keep rigging the system in favor of corporations and rich donors.

We can do better than that - I’ll stand up to both parties to do what’s right for Montanans.

In 2025, Ryan Zinke voted for a budget that raised our healthcare costs, slashed Medicaid, and gave away huge tax cuts to his billionaire backers.

In 2026, we’re voting him out. Excited to hit the road this week to meet folks across our district! Hope to see you there.

A week ago, we launched our campaign. My sister and our grandparents were there with me from the start.

Thank you to everyone who’s pitched in, signed up to volunteer, and helped share our message since - you all help me feel the kind of hope it’s gonna take to flip this seat.

Last fire season I worked 1,000 hours of overtime as a smokejumper, and I’m still holding on by my fingernails just trying to keep up with costs. I know that’s how it is for most of us in western Montana, and it’s time that we had a Congressman who did something about it.

Angus is helping me call through some of our campaign's founding donors to say thank you. If you chip in a few bucks today, you might just get a call from us!

Help us build an economy that works for working Montanans at samformontana.com/donate

Getting ready to put a lot of miles on this thing driving all over western Montana - sign up for updates at samformontana.com/volunteer to hear when we’re in your neck of the woods!

Montanans deserve a Congressman who knows what it’s been like as a working person in this state, falling further behind year after year because of both parties’ failures.

I know what that’s like, and I’m tired of it.

Montana, Ryan Zinke just voted to make your healthcare more expensive. He doesn’t have a clue what it’s like to be holding on by your fingernails just trying to afford basic health insurance. We deserve a Congressman who votes to bring down their healthcare costs, not raise them.

We’re done complaining about the way things are - we’re ready to get to work making things the way they oughta be. Proud to earn the endorsement of so many Montanans fighting for our freedoms in Helena.

I don’t know anyone who wants to see a mom shot in her car. Sorrow and anger are a natural response to seeing a horror like this on our screens and our streets. I hope we don’t leave it at that. I hope we get accountability and a full investigation. I know we can do better.

Watching what happened in Minnesota yesterday left me sad and angry. That’s not what public service looks like. That’s not government making our lives better or safer. That’s not America as it ought to be, or as it can be.

Sam Forstag for Montana Sam Forstag is a smokejumper and union leader — a working Montanan who understands the struggle of breaking your back trying to get ahead and still barely getting by.

Our campaign is about Montanans pulling together to stand up to Ryan Zinke and his billionaire friends. Since launch, we:

- Raised over $150,000 from 2,000 donors
- 94% of our donations were under $100
- Our average donation was $53

Say you’re with us ➡️ samformontana.com

Most Members of Congress are millionaires.

Not me - I was raised by a mom who picked up extra nursing shifts and a public school teacher dad, and both made just enough to get by. We need to elect more working people to Congress if we want it to work for folks like us.