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I cannot thank you enough for being a part of this team. Over the past year
your generous donations, hours of volunteering time, and outreach to your
friends and neighbors absolutely blew me and our candidates away. Thank you for
being part of this fight with us. We wanted to send you an update on how
Tuesday night went:

We went into the 2022 Midterm election clear-eyed. Every odd was stacked in
the Republicans’ favor– they had the map, the national environment, the money
and the name recognition.

Our candidates worked hard and we significantly outperformed national
Democrats and beat back against a bleak national environment. We are proud of
the incredible work of our candidates and our volunteers. We had some tough
losses and some remarkable wins.

* Democrats flipped a Trump+14 seat by ten points (HD 28).
* We won a Trump+2 district (HD 84) and we flipped a district that Trump tied
(HD 96).
* We held the two highest-profile Senate races that were heavily targeted by
the Republicans and outside groups – Sen. Pat Flowers and Sen-elect Willis
Curdy.
* Montanans sent a loud and clear message that they do not want Governor
Gianforte to be able to buy his own Supreme Court justice and soundly defeated
Lobbyist Jim Brown at the polls.
* Montanan voters also delivered a strong message that they do not want
legislators to insert themselves into their private health care decisions.
Monica Tranel put up an excellent fight against Ryan Zinke – and held him
within less than 4 points in a district he was heavily favored to win, while
outperforming Joe Biden’s numbers in the district.

Ryan Zinke won his races with a stunningly low margin, despite having name
recognition, despite favorable national electoral conditions for Republicans,
despite a R+6 map, and despite outraising hisopponent three to one,
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The truth is more people voted against Ryan Zinke than for him.

We also suffered some tough, very narrow losses on Tuesday - but we are so
proud of our candidates and how hard they worked. We managed to hold off a red
wave – the Republicans now have a supermajority in the legislature, but not by
a big margin. They may have a numerical supermajority, but they likely will not
have a functional one. The Republican caucus in the legislature is very
divided, and in order to pass extreme ballot initiatives and come after the
constitution, they’ll need their entire caucus to fall in line: they can’t
afford any of their members voting against them. All the Democrats have to do
is convince a few moderates not to dismantle the constitution.

Our legislators heading to Helena in January are battle-tested advocates who
are ready to get to work to build a Montana that’s better for all of us.
Montana Democrats will lead—like always—on the issues that actually matter to
Montana families: increasing affordable housing and child care, investing in
our schools and our health care system, protecting our constitutional rights
and making sure billionaires are pulling their fair share.

The fight continues. We are wasting no time – we’ve got our eyes on the
legislative redistricting process (which kicks off this month), the 2023
session and the 2024 Election. Join us in holding the Republicans accountable.

Thank you so much,

Sheila

The Montana Democratic Party is the party of the people. We welcome to our
cause Montanans of every color, creed, and condition. Our history as a party
teaches us that by working together and speaking as one, we can move society
forward, especially when we raise our voices for those among us with little
money, influence, or acceptance.

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