On Tuesday, September 21, 2023, LIncoln County Democrats Board members Lannie Fehlberg, Ellen Sullivan, Donna Martin, and Joe Schlarman joined Dave Fern, Montana legislative representative from Whitefish, to present tips about running for local and state races. We were joined at the Eureka VFW
by about a dozen like-minded individuals.
Here's the takeaway:
In rural Montana, understand where we’ve come from, know your history, speak the language, use the voter data and do the work. Go to the constituents with universally appealing issues, like jobs, supporting schools, and providing affordable housing. Get to know your counterparts, build respect and trust and find ways to build solutions together. Work from the center, make the contest about issues, provide solutions and avoid personal attacks.
Doug Davies expressed his interest in running for County Commissioner in 2024. He is currently researching issues regarding improving benefits for county residents. For example, County Commissioners can approve 10% of the County road budget to be spent to support road work inside individual town and city limits.
Stay tuned for future get-togethers!
David fern is an excellent speaker with well researched ideas.
if your running for office you had better listen.