Appreciation thread for Montana's Monica Tranel, candidate for MT's new Western District for

the US House of Representatives! Thank you, Monica, and thank you to all those who worked on Monica's campaign and who donated to her campaign.

Monica is EVERYTHING her opponent Ryan Zinke is not: hardworking (she campaigned in every county, while Zinke kicked back, smugly confident he would win in deep-red Montana); honest (unlike Zinke with his 18 federal investigations and ultimate resignation as US secretary of the interior); and dedicated to serving all Montanans (unlike Zinke who will, undoubtedly, now find new and creative ways to enrich himself and his ultra-rich donors at the expense of taxpayers and to shape policies in Montana to benefit rich, out-of-state property owners).

She fought the good fight and has given us all the hope of flipping Montana blue in the not-too-distant future!

Thank you SO MUCH, Monica!

Here is Monica's truly moving concession speech in which she does not pull any punches about Ryan Zinke and his shameful record of abuse of power and his betrayal of public trust:

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