Republicans draw record crowd in Missoula
A number of speakers at this past weekend's Montana Republican Party convention pointed out the incongruity of having party faithful meet in the Democratic stronghold of Missoula.
“I live here in Missoula, and I think it's pretty heartening to see this many Republicans gathered in one spot,” said state Republican Chairman Erik Iverson. “I'm not sure it's ever happened before.”
Will Selph, the state party's special projects director - who as a University of Montana student was chairman of Montana College Republicans for three years, put it differently.
“It's never easy being a Republican at the People's Republic here,” he said.
Still, the Missoula gathering drew a record convention crowd.
It won't get any easier next year. Montana Republicans are headed to heavily Democratic Butte for their state convention.
Montana Democrats, meanwhile, are heading to usually Republican cattle country in Miles City for their convention next month.
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